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Sucked

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.

Wiktionary
sucked

vb. (en-past of: suck)

Usage examples of "sucked".

Thornier sucked in a slow breath between his teeth, stared angrily at his employer for a moment, and seemed briefly ready to unleash an angry blast.

In the mysterious manner of explosions, it sucked the navigator downwards, while blowing the astrodome, and the wireless operator standing under it, out into the night unharmed.

Brunies, who was sitting between me and the other ballet fans in our class, sucked a whole bag of cough drops empty in the course of the three acts and the intermission after the second act.

We sucked the semen into a turkey baster and my partner inseminated me.

He put it down and sucked in a deep breath through his tension-narrowed bronchial tubes.

Making her way to the rear of the store and the storage room that also doubled as her office, Brooke stopped and sucked in her breath.

When Burr stood he seemed to fill the room, and in reaction Johanna sucked in her breath until he moved away.

With a noisy slurp the mastodont sucked up a trunkful of water, draining the bag.

Vents in the ceiling sucked air out of the room, blasted it with UV, forced it through microfilters, and jetted it back.

She took it, raised it like a trumpet to the heavens, sucked in a millilitre or so.

The sand at the bottom of the draw sucked mushily under his shoes, and he climbed up the other side, skidding slightly.

Immediately Pelly fell upon him and sucked away the last of his semen.

Fritang departed in corkscrew motion through the center of the pentacle, as if sucked noisily down a plughole.

The constant low pressure over the vast sheets of ice sucked moisture from the air, allowing little snow to fall in periglacial regions and creating a constant wind.

Thread in midair, before it reached the soil of Pern and sucked it of all life, turning lush valleys into lifeless dust bowls.