How to use suck in a sentence. Phrasal verb suck up to someone (definition of suck from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press) To hold something in the mouth and lick or draw on it [used with on or at] to suck on a piece of ice, sucking away at his pipe [from 9th c.] the baby sucked (milk) on her bottle (intransitive) to perform such an action To feed from a breast or teat
[from 11th c.] (transitive) to put the mouth or lips to (a. To put into the mouth and draw upon To take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc. To suck a piece of candy. Sucking up to their rich relations. To draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue.
Definition of suck verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Suck is a verb that generally refers to the action of creating a vacuum with one's mouth to draw something in, such as liquid from a straw It can also mean to draw or pull something in a particular direction. Discover everything about the word suck in english
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