What is "suck"

Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (s[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can, s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel. s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.]

1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.

2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.

3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.

4. To draw or drain.

   Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
   --Thomson.

5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.

   As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
   --Dryden.

   To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.

   To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.

   To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction or absorption.

Suck \Suck\, v. i.

1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.

   Where the bee sucks, there suck I.
   --Shak.

2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.

3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.

   The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less.
   --Bacon.

4. To be objectionable, of very poor quality, or offensive; as, telemarketing calls really suck; he's a good actor, but his singing sucks. [Colloq.]

Suck \Suck\, n.

1. The act of drawing with the mouth.

2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
   --Shak.

3. A small draught. [Colloq.]
   --Massinger.

4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]

Old English sucan "to suck," from a Germanic root of imitative origin (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German sugan, Old Norse suga, Danish suge, Swedish suga, Middle Dutch sughen, Dutch zuigen, German saugen "to suck"), possibly from the same source as Latin sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" Old Irish sugim, Welsh sugno "to suck;" see sup (v.2). As a noun from c.1300.\n

\nMeaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Related: Sucked; sucking. Suck eggs is from 1906. Suck hind tit "be inferior" is American English slang first recorded 1940.\n\nThe old, old saying that the runt pig always sucks the hind teat is not so far wrong, as it quite approximates the condition that exists.

["The Chester White Journal," April 1921]

n. 1 An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling. 2 (context vulgar English) fellatio of a man's penis. 3 (context Canada English) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who won't go along, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser. 4 A sycophant, especially a child. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). (from 9th c.) 2 (context intransitive English) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. (from 11th c.) 3 (context transitive English) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. (from 11th c.) 4 (context transitive English) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something. (from 14th c.) 5 (context transitive English) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth. (from 14th c.) 6 (context transitive English) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact. (from 17th c.) 7 To perform fellatio. (from 20th c.) 8 (context intransitive slang English) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with ''at'' to indicate a particular area of deficiency. (from 20th c.)

n. the act of sucking [syn: sucking, suction]

1. v. draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"

2. draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"

3. attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad" [syn: suck in]

4. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up]

5. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed, bottle-feed, suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]

Suck is a 2009 rock-and-roll vampire black comedy horror film starring, written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk. Stefaniuk stars alongside Canadian actress Jessica Paré, Nicole de Boer (his castmate from the TV series Catwalk), Malcolm McDowell and rock legends Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins and Alex Lifeson of Rush. Production took place in and around Toronto in late 2008.

Suck was a rock band who were part of South Africa's first wave of hard rock titled, the "Big Heavies." The group lasted eight months between 1970 and 1971, during which they recorded their lone LP, Time to Suck. It was later released in America in 2009. They were also one of the earliest groups to cover Black Sabbath. In March 2007 they were featured in an article in Classic Rock magazine titled, "The Lost Pioneers of Heavy Metal" where they were referred to as " acid punk metal".

Suck may refer to:

• Suction, the creation of a partial vacuum or region of low pressure
• River Suck, a river in Ireland
• Suck Run, a stream in Ohio

In media:

• Suck (film), a 2009 vampire musical-comedy
• Suck.com, a satire and editorial web site
• Suck (band), a South African hard rock group
• "Sucks" (song), a song by KMFDM
• Suck, a 2003 album by The Revs
• "Suck", a song by Pigface from Gub
• "Suck", a song by Shriekback from Jam Science
• Suck, a drummer for the 1990s Japanese punk band Teengenerate