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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Suck \Suck\, v. i. 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. [1913 Webster] Where the bee sucks, there suck I. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking. [1913 Webster] 3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. [1913 Webster] The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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.] [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To draw or drain. [1913 Webster] Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. [1913 Webster] As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Suck \Suck\, n. 1. The act of drawing with the mouth. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A small draught. [Colloq.] --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: suck n 1: the act of sucking [syn: {sucking}, {suck}, {suction}] v 1: 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}, {suck in}] 4: be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!" 5: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn: {fellate}, {suck}, {blow}, {go down on}] 6: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn: {absorb}, {suck}, {imbibe}, {soak up}, {sop up}, {suck up}, {draw}, {take in}, {take up}] 7: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: {breastfeed}, {suckle}, {suck}, {nurse}, {wet-nurse}, {lactate}, {give suck}] [ant: {bottlefeed}]