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   sucker

   /ˈsʌkə/

   noun

   • 1. a gullible or easily deceived person: informal "if suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them"
   • ▪ a person especially susceptible to or fond of (a specified thing): "I always was a sucker for a good fairy tale"
   • 2. a thing or person not specified by name: informal North American "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"
   • ▪ a rubber cup that adheres to a surface by suction: British "a tape recorder was attached to the phone with a rubber 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.
   • ▪ a side shoot from an axillary bud, as in tomato plants or maize.
   • 5. the piston of a suction pump.
   • ▪ a pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction.
   • 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. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. fool or trick (someone): informal North American "they got suckered into accepting responsibility"
   • 2. (of a plant) produce suckers: "it spread rapidly after being left undisturbed to sucker"

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