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Learn to pronounce suck·er

/ˈsəkər/
noun
  1. a gullible or easily deceived person.
    "if suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them"
  2. a thing or person not specified by name.
    "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.
  5. the piston of a suction pump.
  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.

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

6 days ago · to like something so much that you cannot refuse it or judge its real value: I have to confess I'm a sucker for musicals.
The hunter is a sucker for the hunted.• Anyway, the scientists found that the mice were suckers for poisoned tuna.• She was a ...
Sep 10, 2012 · The connection to sucker meaning something like loser, therefore, is that someone who is a sucker for something may get into a bad situation ...
Someone who tends to be easily attracted to a particular type of person or thing. What can I say—I'm a sucker for romantic comedies!
Mar 11, 2010 · The phrase "to be a sucker for (something)" got its wording from the meaning of "sucker" as "someone who is easily deceived". They are, in ...
If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them. ... But that is what the suckers want so you give it them. ... If you describe someone as ...
In other words, those suckers are built to last. · At some point you may be able to fool some sucker into renting to own from you. · And it's not just in the form ...
He's a sucker for new clothes. Slang. any person or thing: He's one of those smart, handsome suckers everybody likes. They' ...
: a person who is attracted to pain, suffering, difficulty, etc. He keeps playing football despite all his injuries. I guess he's a sucker for punishment.