suck

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I guess I just plain suck at life. shadows of the past - fearful looks into the future

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  1. transitive verb To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.
  2. transitive verb To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt.
  3. transitive verb To draw in by or as if by a current in a fluid.

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  • I guess I just plain suck at life. shadows of the past - fearful looks into the future —  natariel13 Diary Entry
  • My job might start sucking soon, but I'm not sure how much of the suck is all in my head. —  ana-ng Diary Entry
  • That, I think, was almost as bad as the time when I was staying with my very conservative grandparents and had the lyric "You think I'm a sucker, Oh you're fucking sick - The only thing I suck is my man's dick" stuck in my head. —  hamletwildie Diary Entry
  • T0J0: thats bull**** u fockin suck —  lethalpickle Diary Entry
  • Didn't know that suck is a swearing word. —  natinski Diary Entry
 

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Suck has been looked up 828 times, favorited 0 times, listed 13 times, commented on 24 times, and has a Scrabble score of 10.

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American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English suken, from Old English sūcan; see seuə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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/ (sŭk)/
ahd pronounces "suck"
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