sucker
pronunciation
How to pronounce sucker in British English:
UK [ˈsʌkə(r)]
How to pronounce sucker in American English:
US [ˈsʌkɚ]
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- Noun:
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a shoot arising from a plant's roots
- a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
- flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
- hard candy on a stick
- an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
- mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
Word Origin
- sucker (n.)
- "young mammal before it is weaned," late 14c., agent noun from suck. Slang meaning "person who is easily deceived" is first attested 1836, American English, on notion of naivete; but another theory traces the slang meaning to the fish called a sucker (1753), on the notion of being easy to catch in their annual migrations (the fish so called from the shape of its mouth). As a type of candy from 1823; especially "lollipop" by 1907. Meaning "shoot from the base of a tree or plant" is from 1570s. Also the old name of inhabitants of Illinois.
- sucker (v.)
- "to deceive, to make a dupe of," 1939, from sucker (n.) in the related sense. Related: Suckered; suckering.
Example
- 1. I got tired of you going out like a sucker .
- 2. I 'm a sucker for blondes .
- 3. I 'm a sucker for a pretty face .
- 4. Should have know it was you all the time , sucker .
- 5. Experimentation of surface protection material for flexible continuous sucker rod .