1. [informal] A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
   "He felt like a sucker after falling for the obvious scam";
   - chump [informal], fool, gull [informal], mark [US, informal], patsy [N. Amer, informal], soft touch, mug [Brit, informal]
    
2. [N. Amer, informal] Hard candy on a stick
   "The child's tongue turned blue from the all-day sucker";
   - lollipop, all-day sucker [N. Amer], lolly [Brit]
    
3. A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
   "The baby was a vigorous sucker, quickly emptying the bottle"
    
4. An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
   "The octopus used its suckers to grip the rock"
    
5. A shoot arising from a plant's roots
   "The gardener removed the suckers from around the base of the tree"
    
6. Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
   "Suckers are often considered rough fish by anglers"
    
7. Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
   "The indigenous recipe called for smoked sucker"

1. [N. Amer, informal] Deceive somebody
   "We suckered the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week";
   - flimflam [informal], play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob [archaic], fox, pull a fast one on [informal], play a trick on, hose [N. Amer, informal], pull a fast one [informal], take for a ride [informal]
    
2. (of a plant) produce suckers
   "The tomato plants began to sucker, requiring pruning"

Sounds like: styles, ssucker, succour

Derived forms: suckered, suckers, suckering

Type of: candy, catostomid, confect, cozen [literary], deceive, delude, drinker, dupe, freshwater fish, lead on, lolly [Austral, NZ], organ, shoot, sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal], victim

Part of: Catostomidae, family Catostomidae

Encyclopedia: Sucker