Sucker
/ˈsʌk.ə/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Sucker
noun
- A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
- 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.
- (by extension) A parasite; a sponger.
- An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.
- A thing that works by sucking something.
verb
- To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
"to sucker maize"
- To produce suckers, to throw up additional stems or shoots.
- To move or attach itself by means of suckers.
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
"The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract."
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