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Suckering

Sucker \Suck"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suckering.]

  1. To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.

  2. To cheat or deceive (a gullible person); to make a sucker of (someone).

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suckering

vb. (present participle of sucker English)

Usage examples of "suckering".

The weeding wasn't complete, the suckering was just begun, and there was a mild infestation of grape leafhoppers.

Like the Parisian-French Bresson he so admired, Himself had no interest in suckering the audience with illusory realism, he said.