/sʌk/
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Translation
To pull liquid or air into your mouth without biting or chewing.
Word origin
From Old English sucan, an old word for drawing liquid into the mouth.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sucan
Grammar
Verb typeregular (suck, sucks, sucked)
Examples
straw.
Here "suck" is pulling the drink up into your mouth.
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"Sucks" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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In informal English, "it sucks" means it is very bad.
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