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Definition of sucker in English: suckernoun ˈsʌkəˈsəkər 1informal A gullible or easily deceived person. if suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them what's needed is a sucker—sorry, brave volunteer—to test it out Example sentencesExamples - As I sat in that neutral grey temple of bureaucracy wishing I'd brought whoopee cushions, it occurred to me that we are complete suckers for Big Ideas that take the human beings out of democracy.
- Only fools, suckers, and outsiders play fair.
- And while the suckers who paid thousands of pounds for tickets on the internet might not feel they got their money's worth, almost everyone else leaves pretty satisfied.
- It was one of the suckers who fell for the federal government advertising campaign for superannuation, where, if you put in a thousand dollars the federal government will match it dollar for dollar.
- I do feel sorry for the poor suckers who bought the book in the airport bookstore who think they are getting a book about blogs when they are actually getting a typical piece of right wing rubbish.
- Yes, someone made it up solely for the purpose of trying to see how many gullible suckers they can con into forwarding it.
- Not only do these right-wing radicals vote against their own economic interests, Frank argues, they're suckers, too.
- The price has little more than a nodding acquaintance with the actual value; the only thing that matters is what the next sucker in line is willing to pay.
- The answer, of course, is that they're hoping to find some suckers who will pay $9 for 25 minutes of broadcast TV.
- The gullible sucker actually plunks down money for an ‘outfit’ of software and seed emails.
- Don't feel sorry for the suckers of the pool world.
- People who would either forsake government aid if possible, or volunteer their time to create non-state charitable institutions, are liable to be considered suckers.
- If someone has humiliated you, you pass on the victimization to the next sucker.
- No, I am not saying that these three popular role models, who were exploited by Home Trade to make suckers out of the common man, must be punished for their silly mistake.
- Apart from these more obvious venues to avoid, it can be difficult to know whether or not a particular establishment is serious about wine or just trying to make a quick buck off unsuspecting suckers.
- They have played conservatives like suckers by putting forward conservative nominees to get us all excited, but then they haven't lifted a finger to effectively work to get them confirmed.
- I'm not a capitalist pig, but martyrs are suckers.
- But to these mercenaries sacrifice is for suckers.
- To all those of you who have to wake up before the sun begins to even peep out on Monday, all I can say is, when I stumble out of bed late to get my morning cuppa tea, I will think of you all… suckers!
- I know a few people who are new age suckers, whom I consider gullible fools because they believe anything they are told.
Synonyms fool, simpleton, innocent, dupe, gull - 1.1a sucker for A person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing)
I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale Example sentencesExamples - But heck, I've always been a sucker for an accent.
- I'm always a sucker for plot in this type of movie and for once it wasn't completely superficial and full of holes.
- Your editor begins by disclosing a prejudice: he is a sucker for real estate.
- Always a sucker for a bit of cream cheese and smoked salmon I was delighted to discover the basil seasoning added some extra taste sensations to the panini.
- She was always a sucker for a good martial artist but wasn't about to let that slip just yet.
- I've always been a sucker for game collections but this one surprised me when it arrived.
- I'm always a sucker for these kind of movies, with innocent, dreamy teenagers wandering around in orange sunlight, seeking some sort of self-discovery.
- The cinematography was beautiful and I am always a sucker for pretty pictures.
- I admit it, I'm always a sucker for these tongue-in-cheek uses of Indian mythology for product advertising.
- I will always be a sucker for float-fishing, having been reared on the art.
- I've always been a sucker for a good sense of humor and turn of phrase; that can cover many flaws.
- Then again, I always was a sucker for Churchill.
- I'm always a sucker for a good horn section, so the trombone, trumpet and sax were a welcome sight and sound.
- I'm always a sucker for books that purport to explain how the world - or at least how America - works.
- I must admit up front that I have always been a sucker for this film.
- I've always been a sucker for film-makers who shake up the snow globe of my so-called life.
- I've always been a sucker for yam - it's a lovely, bready, fibrous vegetable a little like a well-cooked potato.
- We all agreed that there is always that one girl who you are always a sucker for.
- I've always been a sucker for this type of thing.
- Always a sucker for shellfish, I chose king prawns in a Mediterranean sauce as a starter at £5.
Synonyms minion, lackey, flunkey, hireling, subordinate, servant, retainer, vassal
2North American informal A thing or person not specified by name. Example sentencesExamples - One Scottish scrum disintegrated completely and the Springboks are not noted for giving a sucker an even break.
- If the woman had let me drive a nail - that's right, I wasn't allowed to drive the nails - it wouldn't have taken two hours to get those suckers on the wall.
- Right, so after one of these suckers and only one, on account of the moderate alcohol consumption as dictated by the party poopers, some tension is alleviated.
Synonyms enthusiast, fanatic, maniac, addict 3A flat or concave organ enabling an animal to cling to a surface by suction. they attach themselves to fish by means of a sucker the suckers run along each tentacle Example sentencesExamples - The suckers are attached to the arms by a series of extrinsic muscle bundles.
- The squid's tentacles are armed with suckers, each ringed with tiny teeth to help snare prey.
- The head of an adult male is often heavily marked with circular scars from encounters with squid suckers.
- The male blanket octopus recently photographed by researchers was shown to clutch tentacle segments in his suckers, said Tregenza.
- If an octopus is induced to attach its suckers to an object covered with a thin coating of dental impression wax, impressions of the suckers in the wax can be observed on the surface of the object.
- At the tapeworm's anterior end is a specialized segment called a scolex, which is usually covered with hooks or suckers and serves to anchor it to the host.
- The tube feet of ophiuroids lack suckers and ampullae.
- Some bufonids lay eggs on leaves above water, and a few species have tadpoles that live in torrential streams and have suckers on their bellies, which they use to attach themselves to the substrate.
- What are the implications of the physical properties of water for suction attachment in octopus suckers?
- Hillstream loaches have flattened bodies and utilize suckers, permanently clinging to rock faces so they are not swept downstream.
- Like their cousins, they are hermaphroditic, but unlike them, they do not regenerate if cut up; they are more specialized, having suckers at their tail ends.
- An oral sucker was identified, as was a ventral sucker.
- Our analysis confirms that members of the Luidiidae and Astropectinidae (order Paxillosida) lack suckers on the tips of their pointed tube feet.
- Belemnites also possessed hooks rather than suckers on their tentacles.
- A nautilus does not have suckers on its tentacles like an octopus does.
- The end of the tube feet have suckers, which chemically adhere to the substrate.
- When a live starfish is turned over hundreds of tube feet ending in suckers are seen.
- For example, an echinostome is named for the spines that surround the oral sucker.
- A gecko in the hand feels cool and its broad, padded feet cling to skin like delicate suckers.
- The lagomorph's ears twitched as six black tentacles covered in suckers and small spines came bursting from its ears.
- 3.1British A rubber cup that adheres to a surface by suction.
a tape recorder was attached to the phone with a rubber sucker Example sentencesExamples - NoNo is the funny little red (nail-eating) robot with rubber sucker feet, given from Ulysses to Telemicus, as a birthday present.
- The basic mechanism of suction attachment is straightforward; the sucker forms a seal at the rim and reduces the pressure in the acetabular cavity.
Synonyms minion, lackey, hireling, subordinate, underling, servant, retainer, vassal
4Botany
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. Example sentencesExamples - Root suckers can be a nuisance, but most gardeners consider them a minor one.
- Black raspberries do not produce root suckers as do red raspberries.
- Grafted roses can put out suckers from the rootstock below the bud union.
- The vitex, too, can produce water sprouts, or vigorous vertical growths from larger branches and root suckers from the base of the tree.
- Keep root suckers, growths from the base of the tree, removed at all times.
Synonyms side shoot, shoot, tendril, runner, scion, slip, offset, sprout, sprig, stem, twig, branch, bough, limb, spur - 4.1 A side shoot from an axillary bud, as in tomato plants or maize.
Example sentencesExamples - They suffer little from disease and spread (some wilfully) by throwing up new suckers or shoots each year, forming a bristly, neat thicket.
- It sounds as if your mother plant has produced suckers while the fruit has been developing and ripening.
- If your original plant is healthy and has produced suckers while the fruit has been developing and ripening, a sucker may produce a second fruit.
- From now on I'll remove any suckers that appear as they'll only draw away the plant's energy from the important matter of producing fruit.
- Many plants, such as strawberries, reproduce both sexually by seeds and also by putting out suckers that produce plants that are simply extensions of the parent plant.
5The piston of a suction pump. Example sentencesExamples - Once the sucker is attached to an object, any force that pulls the sucker away from the surface tends to lift the piston.
- This sucker ran on a shaft drive. Turning the pedals turned an eccentric cam just above the bottom bracket, which then turned a shaft drive that lead down to the rear wheel, where another cam converted this to rotational motion.
- 5.1 A pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction.
Example sentencesExamples - We are one of the most professional suppliers of casing, tubing, line pipe, sucker rod and other oilfield equipment in China.
- Uncle Roy had made the cages himself from pipe and sucker rod left over from oil wells.
6A freshwater fish with thick lips that are used to suck up food from the bottom, native to North America and Asia. Family Catostomidae: many genera and species Example sentencesExamples - Biologists considered the sucker a common fish only 30 years ago, but it has experienced a sharp decline and now is absent from 75 percent of its historic range.
- Some of the common fish species include the freshwater drum, sheepshead, lake sturgeon, spotted suckers, common red-horse, and pumpkinseed.
- You have the fish - your piranha, your suckers, your blowfish, your sharks, your bottom feeders, your overpriced tuna.
- The tribes, whose treaties guaranteed them the right to harvest sucker and salmon in perpetuity, filed lawsuits demanding protection for the fish.
- Looking close, I could see five suckers and two big brook trout.
7North American informal A lollipop. Example sentencesExamples - A bag of suckers, chocolate cupcakes, caramels, jawbreakers and licorice all went into the bag first.
- Usually places like this had little sucker candies in bowls on the front desk.
- They continued until they got to the front desk where the receptionist gave them suckers, which they sucked on noisily.
- Her mother went around their hometown of Waterford, Mich., selling chocolate suckers to help fund Jean's first luge camp when she was a teenager.
- I'm only going to fill out your patient survey if you've got a strawberry-flavored sucker with my name on it!
verb ˈsʌkəˈsəkər 1North American informal with object Fool or trick (someone) they got suckered into accepting responsibility Example sentencesExamples - He didn't say it didn't work as well as doctors thought it did or as well as patients were suckered into believing it did by the grasping medical establishment.
- Eight o'clock came by too quickly and somehow I was suckered into leading Todd to his room before I could head off to my own.
- They are suckering people like nobody's business.
- How much more can those 55 million people take before they sucker us in for the final treatment.
- For every successful romantic liaison on the Internet I bet there are a dozen horror stories of people being suckered in, only to be abruptly rejected when they've served their purpose.
- With 400 people spilling off the sidewalk, I was suckered into working the door for a quick 50 bucks and all the cases of beer I could confiscate.
- When it comes to Hollywood, nothing screams capitalism like making a sequel that doesn't need to be made, except to sucker a few people into buying the DVD.
- It sure looks as if he's faking ignorance to try to sucker her into making some outlandish claim about how the memo was a Democratic plant.
- True to his word, Matt accepted some invitation for us to attend some awards show and somehow I was suckered into presenting an award.
- Small children are suckered into purchasing your snacks on a daily basis - is this a safe product for them?
- Every time I hear of someone being suckered by such a scam I wonder how they could possibly be fooled, as I seem to get between 20 to 30 of these emails every day - which has to make you a little suspicious.
- Nor will he be suckered into thinking that England will be beaten handily today, despite every bookmaker's odds pointing very firmly to an Irish victory.
- How did we get suckered by the fairy tale that as long as people kept shopping, the market could keep our prosperity going as far as the eye could see?
- That's why I was suckered into entering one of those Readers' Digest prize draws - you know, the ones that tantalise you for months, getting you to fill in this and that, tear off this bit, post this bit back.
- She's one of those people who claims psychic ability, but has never proven anything more than a talent to sucker people into believing that she has a supernatural gift of some kind.
- He had the patience to lose the first three to sucker me in for the last one.
- The guy was obviously suckered by the promise of an easy $200,000 (like all other Nigerian scam victims) and tossed any skepticism right out the window.
- Using crocodile tears and empty promises of true love, Trudy plays Norval like a violin, suckering him into her and Emmy's sly scenario.
- As the title suggests, Howard is a bounder through and through, pathologically compelled to lie, cheat and deceive, suckering men and women alike, all of whom fall for his suave manner and Savile Row suits.
- ‘We were all suckered into it,’ Mr. Gephardt said.
Synonyms deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile 2Botany
no object (of a plant) produce suckers. it spread rapidly after being left undisturbed to sucker Example sentencesExamples - I planted it as a windbreak, but now it has started to run wild, suckering, expanding and blocking out all other plants in its path.
- Jones and Raynal found no relationship between root suckering and beech bark disease infection as long as the parent tree was still alive, therefore, it is not likely that the disease is the cause of the clonality observed at this site.
- Aspens aren't the only trees that propagate through root suckering.
- Celastrus orbiculatus can spread vegetatively by root suckering, and A. altissima spreads rhizomatously, forming extensive clones.
- Being a triploid, having three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two, it is sterile and reproduces by suckering, which precludes any genetic diversity.
Rhymes chukka (US chukker), ducker, felucca, mucker, plucker, pucker, pukka, shucker, succour (US succor), trucker, tucker, yucca Definition of sucker in US English: suckernounˈsəkərˈsəkər 1informal A gullible or easily deceived person. Example sentencesExamples - People who would either forsake government aid if possible, or volunteer their time to create non-state charitable institutions, are liable to be considered suckers.
- I'm not a capitalist pig, but martyrs are suckers.
- It was one of the suckers who fell for the federal government advertising campaign for superannuation, where, if you put in a thousand dollars the federal government will match it dollar for dollar.
- Not only do these right-wing radicals vote against their own economic interests, Frank argues, they're suckers, too.
- Only fools, suckers, and outsiders play fair.
- As I sat in that neutral grey temple of bureaucracy wishing I'd brought whoopee cushions, it occurred to me that we are complete suckers for Big Ideas that take the human beings out of democracy.
- And while the suckers who paid thousands of pounds for tickets on the internet might not feel they got their money's worth, almost everyone else leaves pretty satisfied.
- Yes, someone made it up solely for the purpose of trying to see how many gullible suckers they can con into forwarding it.
- I do feel sorry for the poor suckers who bought the book in the airport bookstore who think they are getting a book about blogs when they are actually getting a typical piece of right wing rubbish.
- If someone has humiliated you, you pass on the victimization to the next sucker.
- The price has little more than a nodding acquaintance with the actual value; the only thing that matters is what the next sucker in line is willing to pay.
- To all those of you who have to wake up before the sun begins to even peep out on Monday, all I can say is, when I stumble out of bed late to get my morning cuppa tea, I will think of you all… suckers!
- But to these mercenaries sacrifice is for suckers.
- No, I am not saying that these three popular role models, who were exploited by Home Trade to make suckers out of the common man, must be punished for their silly mistake.
- The answer, of course, is that they're hoping to find some suckers who will pay $9 for 25 minutes of broadcast TV.
- I know a few people who are new age suckers, whom I consider gullible fools because they believe anything they are told.
- They have played conservatives like suckers by putting forward conservative nominees to get us all excited, but then they haven't lifted a finger to effectively work to get them confirmed.
- Don't feel sorry for the suckers of the pool world.
- Apart from these more obvious venues to avoid, it can be difficult to know whether or not a particular establishment is serious about wine or just trying to make a quick buck off unsuspecting suckers.
- The gullible sucker actually plunks down money for an ‘outfit’ of software and seed emails.
Synonyms fool, simpleton, innocent, dupe, gull - 1.1a sucker for A person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing)
I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale Example sentencesExamples - Always a sucker for a bit of cream cheese and smoked salmon I was delighted to discover the basil seasoning added some extra taste sensations to the panini.
- Always a sucker for shellfish, I chose king prawns in a Mediterranean sauce as a starter at £5.
- I will always be a sucker for float-fishing, having been reared on the art.
- We all agreed that there is always that one girl who you are always a sucker for.
- I'm always a sucker for books that purport to explain how the world - or at least how America - works.
- I must admit up front that I have always been a sucker for this film.
- I've always been a sucker for game collections but this one surprised me when it arrived.
- Your editor begins by disclosing a prejudice: he is a sucker for real estate.
- But heck, I've always been a sucker for an accent.
- I'm always a sucker for these kind of movies, with innocent, dreamy teenagers wandering around in orange sunlight, seeking some sort of self-discovery.
- I've always been a sucker for film-makers who shake up the snow globe of my so-called life.
- Then again, I always was a sucker for Churchill.
- I've always been a sucker for this type of thing.
- I've always been a sucker for yam - it's a lovely, bready, fibrous vegetable a little like a well-cooked potato.
- She was always a sucker for a good martial artist but wasn't about to let that slip just yet.
- The cinematography was beautiful and I am always a sucker for pretty pictures.
- I'm always a sucker for plot in this type of movie and for once it wasn't completely superficial and full of holes.
- I admit it, I'm always a sucker for these tongue-in-cheek uses of Indian mythology for product advertising.
- I'm always a sucker for a good horn section, so the trombone, trumpet and sax were a welcome sight and sound.
- I've always been a sucker for a good sense of humor and turn of phrase; that can cover many flaws.
Synonyms minion, lackey, flunkey, hireling, subordinate, servant, retainer, vassal
2North American informal A thing or person not specified by name. Example sentencesExamples - One Scottish scrum disintegrated completely and the Springboks are not noted for giving a sucker an even break.
- Right, so after one of these suckers and only one, on account of the moderate alcohol consumption as dictated by the party poopers, some tension is alleviated.
- If the woman had let me drive a nail - that's right, I wasn't allowed to drive the nails - it wouldn't have taken two hours to get those suckers on the wall.
Synonyms enthusiast, fanatic, maniac, addict 3A flat or concave organ enabling an animal to cling to a surface by suction. Example sentencesExamples - The suckers are attached to the arms by a series of extrinsic muscle bundles.
- Hillstream loaches have flattened bodies and utilize suckers, permanently clinging to rock faces so they are not swept downstream.
- If an octopus is induced to attach its suckers to an object covered with a thin coating of dental impression wax, impressions of the suckers in the wax can be observed on the surface of the object.
- The tube feet of ophiuroids lack suckers and ampullae.
- A gecko in the hand feels cool and its broad, padded feet cling to skin like delicate suckers.
- Some bufonids lay eggs on leaves above water, and a few species have tadpoles that live in torrential streams and have suckers on their bellies, which they use to attach themselves to the substrate.
- The end of the tube feet have suckers, which chemically adhere to the substrate.
- Like their cousins, they are hermaphroditic, but unlike them, they do not regenerate if cut up; they are more specialized, having suckers at their tail ends.
- A nautilus does not have suckers on its tentacles like an octopus does.
- The male blanket octopus recently photographed by researchers was shown to clutch tentacle segments in his suckers, said Tregenza.
- What are the implications of the physical properties of water for suction attachment in octopus suckers?
- The head of an adult male is often heavily marked with circular scars from encounters with squid suckers.
- For example, an echinostome is named for the spines that surround the oral sucker.
- Our analysis confirms that members of the Luidiidae and Astropectinidae (order Paxillosida) lack suckers on the tips of their pointed tube feet.
- Belemnites also possessed hooks rather than suckers on their tentacles.
- The lagomorph's ears twitched as six black tentacles covered in suckers and small spines came bursting from its ears.
- The squid's tentacles are armed with suckers, each ringed with tiny teeth to help snare prey.
- An oral sucker was identified, as was a ventral sucker.
- When a live starfish is turned over hundreds of tube feet ending in suckers are seen.
- At the tapeworm's anterior end is a specialized segment called a scolex, which is usually covered with hooks or suckers and serves to anchor it to the host.
4Botany
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. Example sentencesExamples - Root suckers can be a nuisance, but most gardeners consider them a minor one.
- Keep root suckers, growths from the base of the tree, removed at all times.
- The vitex, too, can produce water sprouts, or vigorous vertical growths from larger branches and root suckers from the base of the tree.
- Black raspberries do not produce root suckers as do red raspberries.
- Grafted roses can put out suckers from the rootstock below the bud union.
Synonyms side shoot, shoot, tendril, runner, scion, slip, offset, sprout, sprig, stem, twig, branch, bough, limb, spur - 4.1 A side shoot from an axillary bud, as in tomato plants.
Example sentencesExamples - If your original plant is healthy and has produced suckers while the fruit has been developing and ripening, a sucker may produce a second fruit.
- It sounds as if your mother plant has produced suckers while the fruit has been developing and ripening.
- From now on I'll remove any suckers that appear as they'll only draw away the plant's energy from the important matter of producing fruit.
- They suffer little from disease and spread (some wilfully) by throwing up new suckers or shoots each year, forming a bristly, neat thicket.
- Many plants, such as strawberries, reproduce both sexually by seeds and also by putting out suckers that produce plants that are simply extensions of the parent plant.
5The piston of a suction pump. Example sentencesExamples - This sucker ran on a shaft drive. Turning the pedals turned an eccentric cam just above the bottom bracket, which then turned a shaft drive that lead down to the rear wheel, where another cam converted this to rotational motion.
- Once the sucker is attached to an object, any force that pulls the sucker away from the surface tends to lift the piston.
- 5.1 A pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction.
Example sentencesExamples - We are one of the most professional suppliers of casing, tubing, line pipe, sucker rod and other oilfield equipment in China.
- Uncle Roy had made the cages himself from pipe and sucker rod left over from oil wells.
6A freshwater fish with thick lips that are used to suck up food from the bottom, native to North America and Asia. Family Catostomidae: many genera and species Example sentencesExamples - You have the fish - your piranha, your suckers, your blowfish, your sharks, your bottom feeders, your overpriced tuna.
- Looking close, I could see five suckers and two big brook trout.
- Some of the common fish species include the freshwater drum, sheepshead, lake sturgeon, spotted suckers, common red-horse, and pumpkinseed.
- Biologists considered the sucker a common fish only 30 years ago, but it has experienced a sharp decline and now is absent from 75 percent of its historic range.
- The tribes, whose treaties guaranteed them the right to harvest sucker and salmon in perpetuity, filed lawsuits demanding protection for the fish.
7North American informal A lollipop. Example sentencesExamples - I'm only going to fill out your patient survey if you've got a strawberry-flavored sucker with my name on it!
- Her mother went around their hometown of Waterford, Mich., selling chocolate suckers to help fund Jean's first luge camp when she was a teenager.
- A bag of suckers, chocolate cupcakes, caramels, jawbreakers and licorice all went into the bag first.
- They continued until they got to the front desk where the receptionist gave them suckers, which they sucked on noisily.
- Usually places like this had little sucker candies in bowls on the front desk.
verbˈsəkərˈsəkər 1North American informal with object Fool or trick (someone) they got suckered into accepting responsibility Example sentencesExamples - Eight o'clock came by too quickly and somehow I was suckered into leading Todd to his room before I could head off to my own.
- How much more can those 55 million people take before they sucker us in for the final treatment.
- Every time I hear of someone being suckered by such a scam I wonder how they could possibly be fooled, as I seem to get between 20 to 30 of these emails every day - which has to make you a little suspicious.
- She's one of those people who claims psychic ability, but has never proven anything more than a talent to sucker people into believing that she has a supernatural gift of some kind.
- It sure looks as if he's faking ignorance to try to sucker her into making some outlandish claim about how the memo was a Democratic plant.
- He didn't say it didn't work as well as doctors thought it did or as well as patients were suckered into believing it did by the grasping medical establishment.
- Small children are suckered into purchasing your snacks on a daily basis - is this a safe product for them?
- That's why I was suckered into entering one of those Readers' Digest prize draws - you know, the ones that tantalise you for months, getting you to fill in this and that, tear off this bit, post this bit back.
- With 400 people spilling off the sidewalk, I was suckered into working the door for a quick 50 bucks and all the cases of beer I could confiscate.
- When it comes to Hollywood, nothing screams capitalism like making a sequel that doesn't need to be made, except to sucker a few people into buying the DVD.
- Nor will he be suckered into thinking that England will be beaten handily today, despite every bookmaker's odds pointing very firmly to an Irish victory.
- ‘We were all suckered into it,’ Mr. Gephardt said.
- As the title suggests, Howard is a bounder through and through, pathologically compelled to lie, cheat and deceive, suckering men and women alike, all of whom fall for his suave manner and Savile Row suits.
- How did we get suckered by the fairy tale that as long as people kept shopping, the market could keep our prosperity going as far as the eye could see?
- For every successful romantic liaison on the Internet I bet there are a dozen horror stories of people being suckered in, only to be abruptly rejected when they've served their purpose.
- True to his word, Matt accepted some invitation for us to attend some awards show and somehow I was suckered into presenting an award.
- The guy was obviously suckered by the promise of an easy $200,000 (like all other Nigerian scam victims) and tossed any skepticism right out the window.
- Using crocodile tears and empty promises of true love, Trudy plays Norval like a violin, suckering him into her and Emmy's sly scenario.
- He had the patience to lose the first three to sucker me in for the last one.
- They are suckering people like nobody's business.
Synonyms deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile 2Botany
no object (of a plant) produce suckers. it spread rapidly after being left undisturbed to sucker Example sentencesExamples - Celastrus orbiculatus can spread vegetatively by root suckering, and A. altissima spreads rhizomatously, forming extensive clones.
- Being a triploid, having three sets of chromosomes instead of the usual two, it is sterile and reproduces by suckering, which precludes any genetic diversity.
- Aspens aren't the only trees that propagate through root suckering.
- Jones and Raynal found no relationship between root suckering and beech bark disease infection as long as the parent tree was still alive, therefore, it is not likely that the disease is the cause of the clonality observed at this site.
- I planted it as a windbreak, but now it has started to run wild, suckering, expanding and blocking out all other plants in its path.
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