B2noun · countable / uncountable · common

suck

suck · sucks

сосание

Saugen, Schluck (Muttermilch), Memme

An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by…An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.

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/sʌk/

» The baby is sucking his thumb.

Meaning

10 senses

(countable, uncountable)An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
Saugen
(uncountable)Milk drawn from the breast.
Schluck (Muttermilch)
(countable, uncountable)An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
(uncountable)The ability to suck; suction.
(countable, uncountable)A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
(Canada, countable, uncountable)A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
Memme
(countable, uncountable)A sycophant, especially a child.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
kleiner Schluck
(countable, uncountable, vulgar)An act of fellatio.
Blasen, Blowjob
the act of sucking
(Canada, US, slang, uncountable)Badness or mediocrity.

Examples

284 sentences

The baby is sucking his thumb.
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Our boat got sucked into a whirlpool.
ruНашу лодку затянуло в водоворот.
deUnser Boot wurde in einen Strudel gesaugt.
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I saw the baby sucking its thumb.
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Tom sucked his thumb until he was three.
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I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.
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Translations

5 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 5

instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling:

milk drawn from the breast:

weak, self-pitying person:

short drink:

vulgar: act of fellatio:

Origin

From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Ger

From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”), Limburgish zuken, zoeken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), German saugen (“to suck”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål suge (“to suck”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sūgō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.

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