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   Suck·er

   /ˈsəkər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a gullible or easily deceived person: informal "if suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them"
   • ▪ a person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing): "I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale"
   • 2. a thing or person not specified by name: informal North American "he's one strong sucker"
   • 3. a flat or concave organ enabling an animal to cling to a surface by suction: "they attach themselves to fish by means of a sucker"
   • 4. a shoot springing from the base of a tree or other plant, especially one arising from the root below ground level at some distance from the main stem or trunk.
   • ▪ a side shoot from an axillary bud, as in tomato plants.
   • 5. the piston of a suction pump.
   • ▪ a pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction.
   • 6. a freshwater fish with thick lips that are used to suck up food from the bottom, native to North America and Asia.
   • 7. a lollipop. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. fool or trick (someone): informal North American "they got suckered into accepting responsibility"
   • 2. (of a plant) produce suckers: "it spread rapidly after being left undisturbed to sucker"

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   • A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat. ...sucker pads. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   • The suckers on some animals and insects are the parts on the outside of their body which they use in order to stick to a surface. A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat. ...sucker pads.

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   a disc like a cup in shape, usually made of rubber or plastic, that sticks to a surface when you press it against it. a part of a tree or bush that grows from the roots rather than from the main stem or the branches and can form a new tree or bush.

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   A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat.

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   a person attracted to something as indicated: He's a sucker for new clothes. Slang . any person or thing: He's one of those smart, handsome suckers everybody likes.

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   a cup-shaped device, generally made of rubber, that may be attached to articles allowing them to adhere to a surface by suction. a strong shoot that arises in a mature plant from a root, rhizome, or the base of the main stem. a short branch of a parasitic plant that absorbs nutrients from the host.

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   If you sucker a person into doing something, you deceive them, usually so that they do something that is against their own interests.