suckerish
suckerish adjective: resembling or characteristic of the sucker of an animal.
Adjective
suckerish (comparative more suckerish, superlative most suckerish)
- Resembling or characteristic of the sucker of an animal.
- […] plans, plans, plans, spreading outward from my hard skull, but in the soft and suckerish manner of an octopus.1995, Marion Kay Douglas, Bending at the Bow
- It took several minutes and a few more of its suckerish tentacles to complete the search, but at last the Kraken found a closed clamshell. It passed it to me.2012, C H Garbutt, Black Pool
- Gullible; easily taken advantage of.
- He even forgets about the great sum he loses, but perpetually irritates himself with his own suckerish imagination.1934, Bangkok Review, volume 1, number 3, page 18
- Not since the early, suckerish days of a bourgeoisie that caught the brunt of Dada and Surrealism have congenitally ungrateful artists been presented with so large and luscious a hand to bite.1999, The New Yorker, volume 75, numbers 1-10, page 94
Forms of suckerish
| comparative | more suckerish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most suckerish |
Origin of suckerish
From sucker + -ish.
Questions about suckerish
- What does suckerish mean?
- Suckerish means resembling or characteristic of the sucker of an animal.
- What part of speech is suckerish?
- Suckerish is an adjective.
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