sucker

Definition

  • n. a shoot arising from a plant's roots
  • n. a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
  • n. flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
  • n. an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction

Word forms

Plural
suckers

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The baby started to suck on the sucker I gave her.

  2. n.

    The doctor used a sucker to help remove the fluid from the patient's wound.