suck

Significat (English)

Noun

1. An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
2. Milk drawn from the breast.
3. An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
4. The ability to suck; suction.
5. A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
6. A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
7. A sycophant, especially a child.
8. (slang) A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
9. An act of fellatio.
10. (slang) Badness or mediocrity.

Verb

1. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
2. To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
3. To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
4. To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
5. To inhale (air), to draw (breath).
6. To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.
7. To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
8. (slang) To perform fellatio.
9. (colloquial) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.

Synonyms

sip

suckle

drink

🥤

absorb

slurp

nurse

inhale

breathe in

draw in

smoke

suck in

kiss

😗

suck up

suction

take in

draw

lick

swallow

breastfeed

pull in

fellate

sucking

blow

imbibe

take up

lactate

wet-nurse

puff

go down on

sop up

give suck

soak up

attract

chew

smack one’s lips

sob

😭

pull

munch

gulp

drink in

eat

🍽️

nursing

smack the lips

keep in the mouth

take food

be very bad

smell up

stink up

suck milk

reach one’s nostrils

suck the breast

saucer shape

aspirate

aspiration

breast

breasts

crappy

deception

drag

draw on

draw out

engulf

fuddle

hoover

infant

masticate

nibble

pump

quaff

salute

shit

💩

shitty

smell

👃

sniff

stink

suckling

sucks

sup

sweetmeat

sycophant

take

taste

tits

draw into

stink out

tug

be drunk

female breast

haul in

slobber over

suck on

absorb > nwfwa

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sʌk/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: souken

Inherited from anglès antic: sūcan

Cognate with escocès: souke

Cognate with neerlandès: zuiken

Cognate with limburguès: zuken

Cognate with anglès antic: sūgan

Cognate with frisó occidental: sûge

Cognate with neerlandès: zuigen

Cognate with alemany: -

Cognate with suec: suga

Cognate with islandès: sjúga

Cognate with llatí: sūgō

Cognate with gal·lès: sugno

In summary

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”), Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sūgō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.