suckernoun
uk/ˈsʌk.ər/us/ˈsʌk.ɚ/sucker noun (STICKING DEVICE)
[ C ] something that helps an animal or object to stick to a surface:
UK informal for suction cup
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The legs & feet of non-human animals
- claw
- cloven
- foot
- forefoot
- foreleg
- hock
- hoof
- hooves
- limb
- member
- pad
- paw
- shank
- talon
- toe
- trotter
- web
- web-footed
- webbed
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sucker noun (PLANT PART)
[ C ] specialized biology a new growth on an existing plant that develops under the ground from the root or the main stem, or from the stem below a graft (= part where a new plant has been joined on)
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New growth in plants
- bud
- coccygeus
- collateral
- colli
- colliculus
- collum
- commissure
- communis
- compartment
- complement system
- established
- eye
- shoot
- sprout
sucker noun (FOOLISH PERSON)
[ C ] informal disapproving a person who believes everything they are told and is therefore easy to deceive:
to like something so much that you cannot refuse it or judge its real value:
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Naive & trusting
- an easy touch idiom
- be easy game/meat idiom
- be easy prey idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- butter
- dewy-eyed
- easy
- idealist
- impressionable
- ingenuous
- naivety
- prey
- pushover
- see things in black and white idiom
- simple
- trusting
- unsophisticated
- unsuspecting
- wet
- wide-eyed
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sucker noun (THING/PERSON)
[ C ] US informal used to refer to a thing or person that is unpleasant or difficult:
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- equation
- handicap
- hiccup
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- the/a devil of a sth idiom
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
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sucker noun (SWEET)
[ C ] US informal for lollipop
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Sweets
- almond paste
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- boiled sweet
- cinnamon bun
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cotton candy
- licorice
- liquorice
- lollipop
- lolly
- marshmallow
- sherbet
- stick of rock
- sweetie
- sweetmeat
- sweety
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