suck-comb. form
the verb-stem used in combination:† suck-fist n. [fist n.2] Obsolete a toady.† suck-giver n. [ < phrase give suck : see suck v. 16] Obsolete a wet nurse.† suck-nurse n. Obsolete a wet nurse.† suck-pint n. Obsolete = suck-bottle n. 2.† suck-purse n. Obsolete an extortioner.† suck-spigot n. Obsolete = suck-bottle n. 2; also attributive.† suck-stone n. Obsolete a remora or sucking-fish.
suck-fish n.
Brit. 
/ˈsʌkfɪʃ/
, /ˈsʌkfɪʃ/U.S. /ˈsəkˌfɪʃ/
= sucker n. 11./ˈsəkˌfɪʃ/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > [noun] > order Gobiesociformes > cling-fish
suck-fish1753
sucking-fish1776
sucker1828
sucker-fish1867
cling-fish1893
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Echeneidae (remoras) > member of (remora)
echeneis1481
remora1533
stay-ship1567
suck-stone1602
stop-ship1605
sea-lamprey1616
ship-halter1668
sucking-fish1697
sucker1753
suck-fish1753
shark-sucker1850
ship-holder1860
fisher-fish1867
sucker-fish1867
sea-lampern-
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cyclopteridae (lump-fishes) > cyclopterus lumpus (lump-fish)
lump1545
mugle1574
paddle1589
sea-owl1601
snot-fish1655
sea-poult1658
werrell1658
cockpaddle1684
urchin lumpfish1688
bagaty1710
lumpfish1744
sucker1753
suck-fish1753
lump sucker1776
red lump1832
sucking-fish1867
sea-hen1892
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cyclopteridae (lump-fishes) > member of genus Liparis (sea-snail)
sea-snail1686
burgau1753
sucker1753
suck-fish1753
unctuous sucker1776
Montagu's sucker1812
Montagu's sea snail1835
Montagu's sucking fish1836
snail-fish1840
the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun]
mudfish1502
sprat1552
frogfish1598
rockfish1605
yellowtaila1622
sleeper1668
picarel1688
hogfish1735
porkfish1735
sucker1753
zebrafish1771
yellowbelly1775
white steenbras1801
stone-toter1817
stargazer1842
warehou1848
baardman1853
goatfish1864
holostome1864
spot snapper1876
suck-fish1876
mademoiselle1882
queenfish1883
cigar-fish1884
emperor fish1884
rock beauty1885
oilfish1896
aholehole1897
berrugate1898
Photoblepharon1902
sweet-lip1934
rabbitfish1941
redbait1960
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Suck-fish,..an English name for the remora, or echeneis of Artedi.
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 269 I found on Careg-killas, in Mount's Bay, a particular kind of suck-fish [Lepadogaster cornubiensis].
1876 G. B. Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 61 Leptecheneis naucrates..and Ptheirichthys lineatus..are probably the most common species of ‘Suck-fish’ found here.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
papelard1340
placeboc1395
fawnerc1440
pickthank1460
adulator?a1475
earwigc1475
curry-favel1515
men-pleaser1526
gnatho1533
upcreeperc1540
claw-back1549
curry-favourer1563
man-pleaser1564
claw-poll1569
please-man1570
sycophant1575
curry-favour1577
capper1587
insinuator1598
clawera1603
scrape-shoe1607
suck-fist1611
courtiera1616
foot lickera1616
fleerera1627
wriggler1631
fawn1635
limberham1689
toad-eater1742
tuft-hunter1755
arse-kisser1766
sleeve-creeper1809
lick-spit1822
lickspittle1825
shoe-licker1826
toady1826
toad1831
toader1842
bootlicker1846
bootlick1849
favour-currier1855
lubricator1872
bum-sucker1877
handshaker1884
suck1900
mbongo1911
sucker-up1911
apple-polisher1918
snurge1933
ass-licker1939
brown-nose1939
brown-noser1942
arse-licker1951
ass-kisser1951
greaser1959
suck-hole1966
suck-up1970
bumboy1984
fly-
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Humevesne [read vesse], a sucke-fist.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant > wet nurse
nursea1325
suck-giver1551
milkdame1582
nurse-girl1596
wet nursea1627
suck-nurse1652
dai1782
grass-nurse1797
amah1832
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Tv We Englyshe men knowe (not only by heare say, but also by good experience) that custome is the mother, and the sucke geuer vnto all error.
suck-hole n.
Brit. /ˈsʌkhəʊl/
, /ˈsʌkhəʊl/U.S. /ˈsəkˌhoʊl/
†(a) ? (see quot. a1627); (b) U.S. a whirlpool, a pond; (c) Canadian and Australian slang, a term of abuse (cf. suck n.1 12); hence as v. intransitive. slang (originally and chiefly Canadian), to curry favour./ˈsəkˌhoʊl/ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > pond > [noun]
pound1248
pond1287
piscinaa1398
piscinea1400
stewc1440
dike1788
pondlet1839
mardle1866
tank1898
suck-hole1909
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [noun]
swallowa700
weelc897
suckc1220
swallowinga1387
swelthc1400
swirlc1425
gorce1480
vorage1490
whirlpool1530
gourd1538
gulf1538
poolc1540
hurlpool1552
whirlpit1564
sea-gulf1571
maelstrom1588
vorago1654
well1654
gurges1664
gurge1667
swelchiea1688
vortex1704
tourbillion1712
whirly-pool1727
wheel-pit1828
sea-puss1839
turn-hole1851
suck-hole1909
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)]
fain?c1225
fawnc1325
to make placebo1340
fagea1382
curryc1400
to curry favela1420
to claw (a person's) toea1500
to curry favour?1518
to be at the school of placebo1554
to play (with) placebo1583
insinuatea1593
wriggle1601
lick1602
sycophantize1605
gnathonize1619
pickthank1621
supparasitate1623
ingratiate1647
slaver1730
toad-eat1766
slaum1787
to eat (any one's) toads1788
toad1802
bootlick1846
toady1861
to suck in1899
smoodge1906
smarm1911
arse-lick1928
bum-suck1930
to suck round1931
ass-lick1937
brown-nose1939
suck-hole1961
weasel1980
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
papelard1340
placeboc1395
fawnerc1440
pickthank1460
adulator?a1475
earwigc1475
curry-favel1515
men-pleaser1526
gnatho1533
upcreeperc1540
claw-back1549
curry-favourer1563
man-pleaser1564
claw-poll1569
please-man1570
sycophant1575
curry-favour1577
capper1587
insinuator1598
clawera1603
scrape-shoe1607
suck-fist1611
courtiera1616
foot lickera1616
fleerera1627
wriggler1631
fawn1635
limberham1689
toad-eater1742
tuft-hunter1755
arse-kisser1766
sleeve-creeper1809
lick-spit1822
lickspittle1825
shoe-licker1826
toady1826
toad1831
toader1842
bootlicker1846
bootlick1849
favour-currier1855
lubricator1872
bum-sucker1877
handshaker1884
suck1900
mbongo1911
sucker-up1911
apple-polisher1918
snurge1933
ass-licker1939
brown-nose1939
brown-noser1942
arse-licker1951
ass-kisser1951
greaser1959
suck-hole1966
suck-up1970
bumboy1984
fly-
a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) iii. iii. 44 I will learn the villany of All Trades,..if in the Brewer, I will taste him Throughly, and piss out his iniquity at his own suck-hole.
1909 Dial. Notes 3 377 Suck-hole, n., a whirlpool. Common [in East Alabama].
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1302/2 Suck-hole, v., to toady, as in ‘He won't suck-hole to anyone’; hence, to cringe; low Canadian; C. 20.
1964 F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa 200 They rode on toward the small water hole... Dolworth led them off a plateau down the rocky trail to the suckhole under the rock ledge.
1966 P. Mathers Trap 12 Our progressive mayor..and his pack of scabby suckhole mates.
1968 J. Wainwright Edge of Extinction 48 He can roast to hell—then go suckholing to Old Nick.
1970 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 31 Oct. 4/2 No matter how strong I could become there was still someone in this city of 470,000 who thought I was a suckhole.
1972 J. Metcalf Going down Slow vii. 128 Can't even fix yourself a sandwich without suckholing round that man.
suck-jack n.
Brit. /ˈsʌkdʒak/
, /ˈsʌkdʒak/U.S. /ˈsəkˌdʒæk/
[partial translation of Portuguese papa-jaca, < papar to swallow + jaca (locally) little crab] a fish (see quot. 18432)./ˈsəkˌdʒæk/Π
1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira 177 Sebastes Maderensis..Little Rock-fish, or Suck-jack.
1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira 178 Its second Portuguese name of ‘Papa-Jaca’, or Suck-jack, it has earned by its troublesome addiction to hooks baited with the little crab ‘Jaca’.
suck-lamb n.
Brit. /ˈsʌklam/
, /ˈsʌklam/U.S. /ˈsəkˌlæm/
[translating German sauglamm ; compare sock-lamb n.] a sucking lamb./ˈsəkˌlæm/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > suckling lamb
grass lamb1697
suck-lamb1887
1887 Daily News 20 June 2/6 German suck lamb, 5s 4d.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant > wet nurse
nursea1325
suck-giver1551
milkdame1582
nurse-girl1596
wet nursea1627
suck-nurse1652
dai1782
grass-nurse1797
amah1832
1652 H. Bell tr. M. Luther Colloquia Mensalia 315 They compelled women with childe and suck-nurses to fast.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess
houndOE
drinkerc1200
keach-cup?c1225
gulchcupa1250
bollerc1320
taverner1340
ale stake?1515
wine-bibber1535
bibber1536
swill-bowl1542
malt-wormc1550
rinse-pitcher1552
bibblera1556
ale knight1556
tosspot1568
ring-pigger1570
troll-the-bowl1575
malt-bug1577
gossip-pint-pot1580
black pot1582
alehouse knight1583
worrier1584
suck-spigot1585
bezzle1592
bezzlera1593
cup-leech1593
soaker1593
carouser1596
barley-cap1598
swiller1598
rob-pot1599
Philistine1600
sponge1600
wine-knight1601
fill-knaga1605
reel-pot1604
faithful1609
fill-pot1609
bouser1611
spigot-sucker1611
suck-pint1611
whip-can1611
bib-all-night1612
afternoon man1615
potling1616
Bacchanalian1617
bombard1617
pot-shot1617
potisuge1620
trougha1625
tumbrila1625
borachioa1627
pot-leech1630
kill-pota1637
biberon1637
bang-pitcher1639
son of Bacchusc1640
shuffler1642
suck-bottlea1652
swill-pot1653
poter1657
potatora1660
old soaker1665
fuddle cap1666
old toast1668
bubber1669
toper1673
ale-toast1691
Bacchant1699
fuddler1699
swill-belly1699
tickle-pitcher1699
whetter1709
draughtsmanc1720
bender1728
drammer1740
dram-drinker1744
drammist1756
rum-bud1805
siper1805
Bacchanal1812
boozera1819
rum-sucker1819
soak1820
imp of the spigot1821
polyposist1821
wineskin1821
sack-guzzler1823
sitfast1828
swill-flagon1829
cup-man1834
swiper1836
Lushington1851
lushing-man1859
bloat1860
pottle pot1860
tipsificator1873
tipsifier1873
pegger1874
swizzler1876
bibulant1883
toss-cup1883
lusher1895
stew-bum1902
shicker1906
stiff1907
souse1915
booze-hound1926
stumblebum1932
tanker1932
lush-hound1935
lushy1944
lush-head1945
binge drinker1946
pisshead1946
hophead1948
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Humeux, a sucke-pinte, or swill-pot; a notable drunkard.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who
wringera1300
askera1325
extortionerc1375
exactor1382
scaffer?a1513
shaver1534
caterpillar1541
bloodsucker?1555
suck-purse1586
griper1587
extortor1590
exacter1596
extorter1605
barathrum1609
wreather1648
shark1713
vampire1741
bleeder1846
flayer1865
extortionist1885
Shylock1894
1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth 41 [They] winde themselues out of the handes of these suckpurses [Fr. succebourses].
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess
houndOE
drinkerc1200
keach-cup?c1225
gulchcupa1250
bollerc1320
taverner1340
ale stake?1515
wine-bibber1535
bibber1536
swill-bowl1542
malt-wormc1550
rinse-pitcher1552
bibblera1556
ale knight1556
tosspot1568
ring-pigger1570
troll-the-bowl1575
malt-bug1577
gossip-pint-pot1580
black pot1582
alehouse knight1583
worrier1584
suck-spigot1585
bezzle1592
bezzlera1593
cup-leech1593
soaker1593
carouser1596
barley-cap1598
swiller1598
rob-pot1599
Philistine1600
sponge1600
wine-knight1601
fill-knaga1605
reel-pot1604
faithful1609
fill-pot1609
bouser1611
spigot-sucker1611
suck-pint1611
whip-can1611
bib-all-night1612
afternoon man1615
potling1616
Bacchanalian1617
bombard1617
pot-shot1617
potisuge1620
trougha1625
tumbrila1625
borachioa1627
pot-leech1630
kill-pota1637
biberon1637
bang-pitcher1639
son of Bacchusc1640
shuffler1642
suck-bottlea1652
swill-pot1653
poter1657
potatora1660
old soaker1665
fuddle cap1666
old toast1668
bubber1669
toper1673
ale-toast1691
Bacchant1699
fuddler1699
swill-belly1699
tickle-pitcher1699
whetter1709
draughtsmanc1720
bender1728
drammer1740
dram-drinker1744
drammist1756
rum-bud1805
siper1805
Bacchanal1812
boozera1819
rum-sucker1819
soak1820
imp of the spigot1821
polyposist1821
wineskin1821
sack-guzzler1823
sitfast1828
swill-flagon1829
cup-man1834
swiper1836
Lushington1851
lushing-man1859
bloat1860
pottle pot1860
tipsificator1873
tipsifier1873
pegger1874
swizzler1876
bibulant1883
toss-cup1883
lusher1895
stew-bum1902
shicker1906
stiff1907
souse1915
booze-hound1926
stumblebum1932
tanker1932
lush-hound1935
lushy1944
lush-head1945
binge drinker1946
pisshead1946
hophead1948
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 425 Ebriosus,.. a dronkard: a suckspigget.
1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) lxxxiv. §823 A common drunkard (a suck-spiggot, swill-bowl) that is alwaies bibbing.
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 114 She's a fine finacle Cambridge production, got by, and aiming no higher then some suckspicket sophister.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Percoidei > [noun] > family Echeneidae (remoras) > member of (remora)
echeneis1481
remora1533
stay-ship1567
suck-stone1602
stop-ship1605
sea-lamprey1616
ship-halter1668
sucking-fish1697
sucker1753
suck-fish1753
shark-sucker1850
ship-holder1860
fisher-fish1867
sucker-fish1867
sea-lampern-
1602 Withals' Dict. 37 A little Fishe called a Suckstone, yt staieth a ship vnder saile.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 235 Suckstone. Remora. They are said by their magnetick vertue to stop ships.
suck-thumb n.
Brit. /ˈsʌkθʌm/
, /ˈsʌkθʌm/U.S. /ˈsəkˌθəm/
(also suck-a-thumb) a child that sucks its thumb; also attributive./ˈsəkˌθəm/ΘΠ
the world > people > person > child > [noun]
wenchelc890
childeOE
littleOE
littlingOE
hired-childc1275
smalla1300
brolla1325
innocentc1325
chickc1330
congeonc1330
impc1380
faunt1382
young onec1384
scionc1390
weea1400
birdc1405
chickenc1440
enfaunta1475
small boyc1475
whelp1483
burden1490
little one1509
brat?a1513
younkerkin1528
kitling1541
urchin1556
loneling1579
breed1586
budling1587
pledge?1587
ragazzo1591
simplicity1592
bantling1593
tadpole1594
two-year-old1594
bratcheta1600
lambkin1600
younker1601
dandling1611
buda1616
eyas-musketa1616
dovelinga1618
whelplinga1618
puppet1623
butter printa1625
chit1625
piggy1625
ninnyc1626
youngster1633
fairya1635
lap-child1655
chitterling1675
squeaker1676
cherub1680
kid1690
wean1692
kinchin1699
getlingc1700
totum17..
charity-child1723
small girl1734
poult1739
elfin1748
piggy-wiggy1766
piccaninny1774
suck-thumb18..
teeny1802
olive1803
sprout1813
stumpie1820
sexennarian1821
totty1822
toddle1825
toddles1828
poppet1830
brancher1833
toad1836
toddler1837
ankle-biter1840
yarkera1842
twopenny1844
weeny1844
tottykins1849
toddlekins1852
brattock1858
nipper1859
sprat1860
ninepins1862
angelet1868
tenas man1870
tad1877
tacker1885
chavvy1886
joey1887
toddleskin1890
thumb-sucker1891
littlie1893
peewee1894
tyke1894
che-ild1896
kiddo1896
mother's bairn1896
childling1903
kipper1905
pick1905
small1907
God forbid1909
preadolescent1909
subadolescent1914
toto1914
snookums1919
tweenie1919
problem child1920
squirt1924
trottie1924
tiddler1927
subteen1929
perisher1935
poopsie1937
pre-schooler1937
pre-teen1938
pre-teener1940
juvie1941
sprog1944
pikkie1945
subteenager1947
pre-teenager1948
pint-size1954
saucepan lid1960
rug rat1964
smallie1984
bosom-child-
18.. Shock-headed Peter I said the Scissors Man would come, To disobedient Suck-a-Thumb.
1890 E. Warren Laughing Eyes 50 A helpless suck-thumb infant.
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