English
Pronunciation
\Suck"er\ (s[u^]k"[~e]r)
rhymes|�k�(r)

Etymology 1
From the verb term|suck.

Noun
en-noun

1. A person or thing that sucks
2. An organ or body part that does the sucking
3. Animals such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs
4. A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop
5. context|horticulture An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.

Synonyms
sense|piece of candy lollipop

Etymology 2
Possibly from the w|Pig in a poke scam, where victims were tricked into beleiving they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig.

Noun
en-noun

1. One who is easily fooled, or gulled.

Synonyms
sense|one who is easily fooled chump, fall-guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, rube, schlemiel, soft touch

Verb
en-verb

1. To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.

#: The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.

See also
pedialite

fa:sucker
io:sucker
it:sucker
pl:sucker
pt:sucker
fi:sucker
ta:sucker
te:sucker
vi:sucker
zh:sucker

• 2007-12-12 03:38 - DCDuring - /* Verb */ example

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