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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"

5 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.
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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!
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 ...
Sep 10, 2012 · I recently came across a couple usages of 'sucker for' which indicates that it means 'crazy about', 'enthusiastic for', or 'interested in'. For ...
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 ...
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 ...
The meaning of SUCKER is one that sucks especially a breast or udder : suckling. How to use sucker in a sentence.