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Entry 13 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Suck

/(sŭk)/ · IPA /sʌk/
01 v. t. 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 atmospher…
imp. & p. p. Sucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking
  1. 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. 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. 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. 4.
    To draw or drain.
    “Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.” — Thomson.
  5. 5.
    To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
    “As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.” — Dryden.
Phrases & compounds
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.
02 v. i. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
  1. 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. 2.
    To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
  3. 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. 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.]
03 n. The act of drawing with the mouth.
  1. 1.
    The act of drawing with the mouth.
  2. 2.
    That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
  3. 3.
    A small draught.[Colloq.]
  4. 4.
    Juice; succulence.[Obs.]