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单词 sucking in
释义

suck in

verb

sucked in; sucking in; sucks in

transitive verb

1
: dupe, hoodwink
2
: to contract, flatten, and tighten (the abdomen) especially by inhaling deeply

Synonyms

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • delude
  • dupe
  • fake out
  • fool
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • gull
  • have
  • have on [chiefly British]
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • juggle
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • string along
  • sucker
  • take in
  • trick
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Example Sentences

she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

sucking in

verb

present participle of suck in
as in deceiving
to cause to believe what is untrue she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deceiving
  • tricking
  • fooling
  • taking in
  • stringing along
  • having on
  • kidding
  • faking out
  • pulling one's leg
  • doing a number on
  • leading one up the garden path
  • pulling the wool over one's eyes
  • misleading
  • teasing
  • leading one down the garden path
  • gammoning
  • putting on
  • juggling
  • humbugging
  • hornswoggling
  • stinging
  • suckering
  • buffaloing
  • misguiding
  • duping
  • bluffing
  • beguiling
  • deluding
  • misinforming
  • cheating
  • hoaxing
  • catching
  • snowing
  • having
  • burning
  • conning
  • cozening
  • spoofing
  • gulling
  • gaffing
  • bamboozling
  • hoodwinking
  • snookering
  • sticking
  • bleeding
  • euchring
  • flimflamming
  • shortchanging
  • defrauding
  • swindling
  • fleecing
  • mulcting
  • rooking
  • hustling
  • chiseling
  • skinning
  • diddling
  • squeezing
  • chiselling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • showing up
  • revealing
  • exposing
  • uncovering
  • debunking
  • undeceiving
  • disclosing
  • unmasking
  • telling
  • divulging
  • unveiling
  • disabusing
  • disillusioning
  • uncloaking
  • disenchanting
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