Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, plural suckers, present participle suckering, past tense, past participle suckered
1. countable noun
If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them.
[informal, disapproval]
But that is what the suckers want so you give it them.
Keep giving us your money, sucker!
Synonyms: fool, mug [British, slang], dupe, victim More Synonyms of sucker
2. countable noun
If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it.
[informal]
I'm such a sucker for romance. [+ for]
3. verb
If you sucker a person into doing something, you deceive them, usually so that they do something that is againsttheir own interests.
[mainly US]
If you tell folks the truth, they won't vote for you. But if you sucker them, they'llvote for you twice over. [VERB noun]
He gets people to put the ball exactly where he has suckered them into placing it. [V n into -ing]
Synonyms: fool More Synonyms of sucker
4. countable noun
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.
5. countable noun
A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shapedpiece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat.
...sucker pads.
sucker in British English
(ˈsʌkə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that sucks
2. slang
a person who is easily deceived or swindled
3. slang
a person who cannot resist the attractions of a particular type of person or thing
he's a sucker for blondes
4.
a young animal that is not yet weaned, esp a suckling pig
5. zoology
an organ that is specialized for sucking or adhering
6.
a cup-shaped device, generally made of rubber, that may be attached to articles allowing them to adhere to a surface by suction
7. botany
a.
a strong shoot that arises in a mature plant from a root, rhizome, or the base of the main stem
b.
a short branch of a parasitic plant that absorbs nutrients from the host
8.
a pipe or tube through which a fluid is drawn by suction
9.
any small mainly North American cyprinoid fish of the family Catostomidae, having toothless jaws and a large sucking mouth
10.
any of certain fishes that have sucking discs, esp the clingfish or sea snail
11.
a piston in a suction pump or the valve in such a piston
verb
12. (transitive)
to strip off the suckers from (a plant)
13. (intransitive)
(of a plant) to produce suckers
sucker in American English
(ˈsʌkər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that sucks
2. US
any of a family (Catostomidae, order Cypriniformes) of bony fishes with a mouth adapted for sucking, found in freshwater of E Asia and North America
3.
a part or device used for sucking
; specif.,
a.
a pipe or conduit through which something is sucked
b.
the piston or piston valve of a suction pump
c.
an organ used by the leech, fluke, remora, etc. for sucking or holding fast to a surface by suction
4. US
lollipop
5. US, Slang
a.
a person easily cheated or taken in; dupe
b.
a person highly susceptible to the attractions of something specified
c.
any person or thing
often used humorously or affectionately, or to express mild annoyance
6. Botany
a subordinate shoot from a bud on the root or stem of a plant
verb transitive
7.
to remove suckers, or shoots, from
8. US, Slang
to make a dupe of; trick
verb intransitive
9.
to bear suckers, or shoots
Examples of 'sucker' in a sentence
sucker
Then remove any unwanted suckers from the plant base.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It may be that suckers will replace the old trunk anyway.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We just got caught by a couple of sucker punches.
The Sun (2016)
We got done by a sucker punch.
The Sun (2015)
England have long been suckers for the sucker punch.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But we left ourselves open to yet another sucker punch.
The Sun (2010)
Remove suckers from base each winter.
Bloom, Adrian Winter Garden Glory (1993)
Check roses and remove unwanted suckers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Was this just a sucker punch?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
England look like they will park the bus next summer and hope that they can catch the opposition with a sucker punch.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's worth keeping an eye out for suckers at the base of all young grafted plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Remove spreading suckers, prune old stems to base and shorten others by half in winter.
Bloom, Adrian Winter Garden Glory (1993)
As they tend to throw up suckers all too easily it is simple enough to grow a large stock for this kind of planting.
Page, Russell The Education of a Gardener (1994)
WHAT is the best way to remove suckers from a plum tree?
The Sun (2014)
Get up sucker and fight.
The Sun (2016)
I am a sucker for romance.
The Sun (2011)
That's so the little suckers can get as much blood as they can out of you before you notice and pull them off.
The Sun (2012)
I suppose we're all suckers for something.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I'm a sucker for the animal acts.
The Sun (2015)
I may be a sucker for punishment, but the bills are lower and the kitchen is warmer.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This is as close as you'll get, sucker!
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Word lists with
sucker
Types of fish
(noun)
Definition
a person who is easily deceived or swindled
(slang)
Keep giving us your money, sucker!
Synonyms
fool
He feels she has made a fool of him.
mug (British, slang)
I feel such a mug for signing the agreement.
dupe
an innocent dupe in a political scandal
victim
the victim of a particularly cruel hoax
butt
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
sap (slang)
He's always seemed a poor sap to me.
pushover (slang)
He's a tough negotiator – you won't find him a pushover.
sitting duck (informal)
sitting target
putz (US, slang)
cat's paw
easy game or mark (informal)
nerd or nurd (slang)
dorba or dorb (Australian, slang)
bogan (Australian, slang)
(verb)
If you sucker them, they'll vote for you.
Synonyms
fool
Additional synonyms
in the sense of butt
Definition
a person or thing that is the target of ridicule or teasing
He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
Synonyms
target,
victim,
object,
point,
mark,
subject,
dupe,
laughing stock,
Aunt Sally
in the sense of dupe
Definition
a person who is easily deceived
an innocent dupe in a political scandal
Synonyms
victim,
mug (British, slang),
sucker (slang),
pigeon (slang),
sap (slang),
gull,
pushover (slang),
fall guy (informal),
simpleton
in the sense of mug
Definition
a gullible person, esp. one who is swindled easily
I feel such a mug for signing the agreement.
Synonyms
fool,
innocent,
sucker (slang),
charlie (British, informal),
gull (archaic),
chump (informal),
simpleton,
putz (US, slang),
weenie (US, informal),
muggins (British, slang),
easy or soft touch (slang),
dorba or dorb (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)
Nearby words of
sucker
suck
suck someone in or into something
suck up to someone
sucker
sudden
suddenly
suds
Synonyms of 'sucker'
sucker
Explore 'sucker' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of pushover
Definition
a person, team, etc., that is easily taken advantage of or defeated
He's a tough negotiator – you won't find him a pushover.