Definitions for sucks

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Spelling: [suhk]

IPA: /sʌk/

Sucks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in sucks (ckssu).

Definitions for sucks

noun

1. an act or instance of sucking.
2. a sucking force.
3. the sound produced by sucking.
4. that which is sucked; nourishment drawn from the breast.
5. a small drink; sip.
6. a whirlpool.

Idioms

1. suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.

Verb phrases

1. suck in, Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud:
2. suck off, Slang: Vulgar. to fellate.
3. suck up, Slang. to be obsequious; toady:

verb (used with object)

1. to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue:
2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction:
3. to apply the lips or mouth to and draw upon by producing a partial vacuum, especially for extracting fluid contents:
4. to put into the mouth and draw upon:
5. to take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.:
6. to render or bring to a specified condition by or as if by sucking.

verb (used without object)

1. to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, especially to draw milk from the breast.
2. to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
3. (of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
4. Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usually followed by around).
5. Slang. to be repellent or unpleasant:
6. Slang. to be inferior, as in quality or execution; be poor:

Origin of sucks

before 900; (v.) Middle English souken, Old English sūcan, cognate with Latin sūgere; (noun) Middle English souke act of suckling, derivative of the noun; akin to soak

Examples for sucks

The printed book, the gnawing worm of the edifice, sucks and devours it.

The more he talks, the more he sucks, and viewers and critics have been hopping off the Juan wagon.

Today, she takes the formula from me and sucks down every last drop of liquid like a desert-thirsty nomad.

"It sucks in its food through the tiniest holes in its leaves," he answered.

In January, the Shreveport Times reported that McAllister said that his job "sucks [and] it ain't no fun."

Republicans need to rebuild their brand, which Rand Paul said quite graphically “sucks.”

Do you mean to tell me, Mr. Vivian, that she sucks it still?

Or to put it another if equally inadequate way: Whatever comes next, sucks.

He sucks in everything that is weird or adventurous or wild.

The tobacco smoke eddies and sucks upward to join the wood smoke.