👎 To be bad 🧃 To draw in 🍆 To give oral sex 🧲 To attract strongly 🍼 To breastfeed 👄 An act of drawing

to suck

231 5.5

To pull someone in so they become involved and cannot stop

verb
/sʌk/

: atraer

The powerful tornado sucked everything in its path into the storm.
get sucked in
easy to get sucked in

And I slowly got sucked back into cocaine a bit.

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Examples

How do you find your purpose without getting sucked into fake ideology?
And trust me, you do not want to get sucked back in.

DoctorRamani
As he did so, he felt an underwater current suck at him, pushing him off course.

Fiction book (1990)
So it was kind of like I got sucked in pretty early.

Dr. Mayim Bialik
And they are thieves, sucking everything they can into the sky.

Emmanuelle (2024)
Is it possible to write stories that suck readers in, enamoring them with characters who resonate?

Academic text (2009)
Great stone spires rose around her in a heat that sucked the moisture out of her breath.

Fiction book (1992)
If you're afraid today, it's because you got sucked into misinformation, right?
The key is not to allow ourselves to be sucked into whirlpools of disagreement.

Academic text (1994)
He felt like he was being sucked into a never-ending vortex of work.

Synonyms

to suck in

vsto suck

13 5.1

To draw someone strongly into a situation, often against their wish

is an overwhelming, irresistible attraction not focused on unwillingness

to pull in

vsto suck

7 3.5

To attract people or attention

is an overwhelming, irresistible attraction rather than appealing persuasion

to draw in

vsto suck

6 4.0

Pull air into the lungs or small things into a machine

is about irresistible attraction not merely physical inward movement

Antonyms

to dissuade

35 6.0

To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them

to repel

21 4.2

Make someone or something move back and stay away, often by using force

Idioms

to suck cock

Offensive

6 9.9

To perform oral sex on a man or use as a rude insult

suck on that

Offensive

1 9.9

A rude shout that tells someone you beat or proved them wrong

suck my dick

Offensive

1 9.9

A very rude phrase that shows strong anger and tells someone to do a sexual act

to suck and blow

Informal

1 9.9

To try to do two opposite things at the same time

to suck donkey balls

Offensive

1 9.9

To be very bad or disappointing

fair suck of the pineapple

Australian

9.9

An even chance for everyone to take part

fair suck of the sav

Australian

9.9

An equal chance to take part or benefit

fair suck of the sauce stick

Australian

9.9

To ask for everyone to have an equal chance

fair suck of the sauce stick

Australian

9.9

An equal chance to be treated the same as others

suck a big one

Offensive

9.9

A rude, insulting phrase that tells someone to go away

to suck donkey cock

Offensive

9.9

To do something very badly and look foolish

to suck a lemon

Informal

9.9

To accept and deal with an unpleasant situation without complaining

to suck cock for a promotion

Offensive

9.9

To give sexual favors to a man to get a job promotion

to suck someone's cock

Offensive

9.9

Act too friendly and eager to please someone to get a favor

to suck the kumara

New Zealand

9.9

To accept and deal with something bad or disappointing

suck my balls

Offensive

9.9

A rude, insulting phrase that tells someone to do a sexual act

teach grandma how to suck eggs

Archaic

9.9

Give advice to someone who already knows more than you

Phrasal Verbs

to suck it up

Informal

81 8.8

Accept a difficult situation and continue without complaining

to suck it

Offensive

26 9.9

To tell someone to accept bad news or defeat without complaining

to suck up

Informal

26 8.0

To praise someone to get their approval

to suck up

22 4.3

To take in liquid or information

to suck out

16 4.5

Pull something out of a place by using air to draw it in

to suck in

13 3.7

To pull air or liquid into something by making an empty space inside

to suck in

13 5.1

To draw someone strongly into a situation, often against their wish

to suck down

Informal

9 7.7

To drink or eat something very quickly, often without pausing

to suck in

7 3.6

To take in and hold something, like a sponge taking water

to suck face

NSFW

4 9.9

To kiss someone passionately for a long time

to suck in one's breath

2 6.2

To take air into your lungs quickly when you feel surprised, afraid, or before hard work

to suck in one's stomach

1 5.8

Pull your belly in to make it look smaller

to give suck

Archaic

1 9.8

To feed a baby or young animal from the breast

to suck rocks

Informal

1 9.9

To be very bad or disappointing

Compounds

suck-ass waste of time

Offensive

9.9

A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time

How Compelling

to mesmerize

39 6.4

to suck

231 5.5

to captivate

19 4.2

to entice

61 4.9

to draw

944 2.1

to attract

991 1.9

Surface Forms

suck infinitive

sucked past

sucked past participle

sucking present participle

sucks third person singular

Etymology

Suck can mean to pull someone or something in, often very strongly, because it keeps the original image of a force that 'draws in' like a straw or a whirlpool, and that is why we say a person or situation can 'suck you in'.