How do you use the word "suck" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "suck" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "suck": You suck dude! I have to tell you everything! Children suck the mother when they are young, and the father when they are old.

Suck Meaning

/sʌk/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.

nounAn instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.

Sentence Examples

You suck dude! I have to tell you everything!

Children suck the mother when they are young, and the father when they are old.

Young puppies will naturally try to suck milk from their mother.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

suction

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The vacuum cleaner begins to ____ all the dirt from the carpet.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The vacuum cleaner was powerful enough to ____ up all the dirt and dust from the very thick carpets today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sūkaną Proto-West Germanic *sūkan Old English sūcan Middle English souken English suck From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”), Limburgish zuken, zoeken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), German saugen (“to suck”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål suge (“to suck”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sūgō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”" — 2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261:

"The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly." — 2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green, page 202:

"On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction." — 2005, Nick Gibbs, Ultimate Woodworking Course, page 136:

"Vacuum for the park Mosuc is a street and park vacuum cleaner which its designers, Hollowell Engineering, Dearborn, Michigan, like to claim has more suck than most[.]" — 1972, Design, numbers 277-282, page 68:

"[D]rop the head for less suck or raise it for more. A plow should not have too much suck or it will run on its nose in hard land and put unnecessary weight." — 2017, Oliver B. Zimmerman, Internal Combustion Engines and Tractors, page 153:

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