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# sucker

noun (a sucker, suckers); verb phrase (sucker someone into — informal)

«sucker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sucker is a part of an animal that can stick to things by suction, like the round pads on an octopus's arms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#m1)
2. A sucker is also a rubber cup that sticks to smooth surfaces when you press it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#m2)
3. (informal) A sucker is a person who is easily tricked: «Ha, sucker!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#m3)
4. (informal) To be a sucker for something is to like it so much you cannot resist it: I'm a sucker for chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#m4)
5. A sucker is also a new shoot growing from the root of a plant, and (US) a lollipop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#m5)
6. A sapsucker is a woodpecker that drills holes in tree bark to drink the sap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#m6)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, octopuses and squid use suckers to grip and taste; leeches use suckers to feed; some plants spread by suckers. In design and technology, suction cups (suckers) hold things to windows. In everyday and playground talk, calling someone a «sucker» is teasing or mocking. Phrases: «octopus suckers», «a sucker for», «suckered into», «sucker punch» (a sneaky hit).

### Examples

- An octopus has two rows of suckers on each arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x1)
- The sucker holds the toy to the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x2)
- (informal) I'm a sucker for funny cat videos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x3)
- (informal) He was suckered into paying for everyone's chips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x4)
- (informal) "Made you look, sucker!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x5)
- Cut off the suckers so the tomato plant grows strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x6)
- (US) The dentist gave me a sugar-free sucker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/#x7)

### Note

Plural «suckers». Calling someone «sucker» is rude teasing. In science, «suction cup» is the more formal name for the rubber kind.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sucker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sucker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sucker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sucker.html) on Mova free.