ucky

Noun

suck (countable and uncountable, plural sucks)

1. An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
   • Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261
2. (uncountable) Milk drawn from the breast.
   • The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green, page 202
3. An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
   • On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction.2005, Nick Gibbs, Ultimate Woodworking Course, page 136
4. (uncountable) The ability to suck; suction.
   • Vacuum for the park Mosuc is a street and park vacuum cleaner which its designers, Hollowell Engineering, Dearborn, Michigan, like to claim has more suck than most[.]1972, Design, numbers 277-282, page 68
5. A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
   • Marvelous stories were told of "the suck" in early times. It was said that the water was so compressed that it would bear an ax.1879, Edward Deering Mansfield, Personal Memories, Social, Political, and Literary, page 302
6. (Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
   • “Why're you bothering to take her anywhere? I can't stand traveling with her. You're such a suck,” her sister said. Waved her smoke. “No fucking way I'm going.”1999, Hiromi Goto, “Drift”, in Ms., volume 9, number 3, pages 82–6

   Synonyms:

   sook, sooky baby

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