Suck
(verb)
- To draw something in by creating a vacuum.
- To pull something in by exerting force.
- To take in fluid or other substance through the mouth and into the throat.
- To cause to feel a sense of inadequacy or inferiority.
- To be poor or inadequate.
Origin:
Perhaps from middle english soken, from old english sūcan ("to suck, draw in"), from proto-germanic *sūkaną ("to suck"), from proto-indo-european *sūg- ("to suc.k")
Examples:
- The baby sucked on the bottle.
- The vacuum cleaner sucks up dirt.
- She sucked the juice from the orange.
- The bad reviews sucked the life out of the movie.
- This job sucks. I want to quit.