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sucker

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sucker  \Suck"er\,  v.  i. 
  To  form  suckers;  as  corn  suckers  abundantly. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sucker  \Suck"er\  (s[u^]k"[~e]r),  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  sucks;  esp.,  one  of  the  organs  by 
  which  certain  animals,  as  the  octopus  and  remora,  adhere 
  to  other  bodies. 
 
  2.  A  suckling;  a  sucking  animal.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  3.  The  embolus,  or  bucket,  of  a  pump;  also  the  valve  of  a 
  pump  basket.  --Boyle. 
 
  4.  A  pipe  through  which  anything  is  drawn. 
 
  5.  A  small  piece  of  leather,  usually  round,  having  a  string 
  attached  to  the  center,  which  when  saturated  with  water 
  and  pressed  upon  a  stone  or  other  body  having  a  smooth 
  surface,  adheres,  by  reason  of  the  atmospheric  pressure, 
  with  such  force  as  to  enable  a  considerable  weight  to  be 
  thus  lifted  by  the  string;  --  used  by  children  as  a 
  plaything. 
 
  6.  (Bot.)  A  shoot  from  the  roots  or  lower  part  of  the  stem  of 
  a  plant;  --  so  called  perhaps,  from  diverting  nourishment 
  from  the  body  of  the  plant. 
 
  7.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  North  American 
  fresh-water  cyprinoid  fishes  of  the  family 
  {Catostomid[ae]};  so  called  because  the  lips  are 
  protrusile.  The  flesh  is  coarse,  and  they  are  of 
  little  value  as  food.  The  most  common  species  of  the 
  Eastern  United  States  are  the  northern  sucker 
  ({Catostomus  Commersoni}),  the  white  sucker  ({C. 
  teres}),  the  hog  sucker  ({C.  nigricans}),  and  the 
  chub,  or  sweet  sucker  ({Erimyzon  sucetta}).  Some  of 
  the  large  Western  species  are  called  {buffalo  fish}, 
  {red  horse},  {black  horse},  and  {suckerel}. 
  b  The  remora. 
  c  The  lumpfish. 
  d  The  hagfish,  or  myxine. 
  e  A  California  food  fish  ({Menticirrus  undulatus}) 
  closely  allied  to  the  kingfish 
  (a);  --  called  also  {bagre}. 
 
  8.  A  parasite;  a  sponger.  See  def.  6,  above. 
 
  They  who  constantly  converse  with  men  far  above 
  their  estates  shall  reap  shame  and  loss  thereby;  if 
  thou  payest  nothing,  they  will  count  thee  a  sucker, 
  no  branch.  --Fuller. 
 
  9.  A  hard  drinker;  a  soaker.  [Slang] 
 
  10.  A  greenhorn;  one  easily  gulled.  [Slang,  U.S.] 
 
  11.  A  nickname  applied  to  a  native  of  Illinois.  [U.  S.] 
 
  {Carp  sucker},  {Cherry  sucker},  etc  See  under  {Carp}, 
  {Cherry},  etc 
 
  {Sucker  fish}.  See  {Sucking  fish},  under  {Sucking}. 
 
  {Sucker  rod},  a  pump  rod.  See  under  {Pump}. 
 
  {Sucker  tube}  (Zo["o]l.),  one  of  the  external  ambulacral 
  tubes  of  an  echinoderm,  --  usually  terminated  by  a  sucker 
  and  used  for  locomotion.  Called  also  {sucker  foot}.  See 
  {Spatangoid}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sucker  \Suck"er\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Suckered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Suckering}.] 
  To  strip  off  the  suckers  or  shoots  from  to  deprive  of 
  suckers;  as  to  sucker  maize. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hag  \Hag\,  n.  [OE.  hagge,  hegge,  with  hag,  AS  h[ae]gtesse; 
  akin  to  OHG.  hagazussa  G.  hexe,  D.  heks,  Dan.  hex,  Sw 
  h["a]xa.  The  first  part  of  the  word  is  prob.  the  same  as  E. 
  haw,  hedge,  and  the  orig.  meaning  was  perh.,  wood  woman,  wild 
  woman.  ?.] 
  1.  A  witch,  sorceress,  or  enchantress;  also  a  wizard.  [Obs.] 
  ``[Silenus]  that  old  hag.''  --Golding. 
 
  2.  An  ugly  old  woman. 
 
  3.  A  fury;  a  she-monster.  --Grashaw. 
 
  4.  (Zo["o]l.)  An  eel-like  marine  marsipobranch  ({Myxine 
  glutinosa}),  allied  to  the  lamprey.  It  has  a  suctorial 
  mouth,  with  labial  appendages,  and  a  single  pair  of  gill 
  openings.  It  is  the  type  of  the  order  Hyperotpeta.  Called 
  also  {hagfish},  {borer},  {slime  eel},  {sucker},  and 
  {sleepmarken}. 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  hagdon  or  shearwater. 
 
  6.  An  appearance  of  light  and  fire  on  a  horse's  mane  or  a 
  man's  hair.  --Blount. 
 
  {Hag  moth}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  moth  ({Phobetron  pithecium}),  the 
  larva  of  which  has  curious  side  appendages,  and  feeds  on 
  fruit  trees. 
 
  {Hag's  tooth}  (Naut.),  an  ugly  irregularity  in  the  pattern  of 
  matting  or  pointing. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sucker 
  n  1:  a  person  who  is  gullible  and  easy  to  take  advantage  of  [syn: 
  {chump},  {fish},  {fool},  {gull},  {mark},  {patsy},  {fall 
  guy},  {schlemiel},  {shlemiel},  {soft  touch},  {mug}] 
  2:  someone  who  drinks  by  sucking  or  sipping  [syn:  {sipper}] 
  3:  flesh  of  any  of  numerous  North  American  food  fishes  with 
  toothless  jaws 
  4:  hard  candy  on  a  stick  [syn:  {lollipop},  {all-day  sucker}] 
  5:  an  organ  specialized  for  sucking  nourishment  or  for  adhering 
  to  objects  by  suction 
  6:  mostly  North  American  freshwater  fishes  with  a  thick-lipped 
  mouth  for  feeding  by  suction;  related  to  carps




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