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Definition of Sucker
1. Noun. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
Generic synonyms: Dupe, Victim
Derivative terms: Fool, Fool, Gull, Gull, Suck
2. Noun. A shoot arising from a plant's roots.
3. Noun. A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw).
4. Noun. Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws.
5. Noun. Hard candy on a stick.
6. Noun. An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction.
7. Noun. Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps.
Generic synonyms: Catostomid
Specialized synonyms: Buffalo Fish, Buffalofish, Hog Molly, Hog Sucker, Hypentelium Nigricans, Redhorse, Redhorse Sucker
Definition of Sucker
1. n. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.
2. v. t. To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
3. v. i. To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.
Definition of Sucker
1. Noun. A person or thing that sucks. ¹
2. Noun. An organ or body part that does the sucking. ¹
3. Noun. Animals such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs ¹
4. Noun. A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop. ¹
5. Noun. (context: horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree. ¹
6. Noun. (British colloquial) A suction cup ¹
7. Noun. One who is easily fooled, or gulled. ¹
8. Verb. To fool someone; to take advantage of someone. ¹
9. Noun. (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sucker
1. to strip of lower shoots or branches [v -ED, -ING, -S]