sucker
To strip the suckers or shoots fromTo strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
» I'm a sucker for happy endings.
Я питаю слабость к счастливым концовкам. — odexed
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(transitive)To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
to sucker maize
(intransitive)To produce suckers; to throw up additional stems or shoots.
(intransitive)To move or attach oneself by means of suckers.
(informal, transitive)To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
дури́тьdurítʹ, обдури́тьobdurítʹ, дура́читьduráčitʹ
(informal, transitive, usually)To lure someone.
Examples
39 sentencesI'm a sucker for happy endings.
ruЯ питаю слабость к счастливым концовкам. — odexed
Do I look like a sucker?
Nobody wants to be a sucker.
I'm a sucker for half-price sales.
Don't be a sucker.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. ComFrom Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Suuger, West Frisian sûker (“sucker”), Dutch zuiger (“sucker”), German Sauger (“dummy; vacuum”).
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Forms
suckers, suckering, suckered, suckeredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.