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Meanings of sucker in English

Portuguese
pirulito
Catalan
pirulí
Spanish
pirulí
Wikidata

Hard candy on a stick.

        pirulito
        Portuguese
        trouxa
        Catalan
        tanoca
        Spanish
        primo

        A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.

            trouxa
            Portuguese
            ventosa
            Catalan
            ventosa
            Spanish
            ventosa

            Specialised attachment organ of an animal.

                  ventosa
                  Usage of sucker in English
                  1
                  Having secured the sucker, the blacks farm it in their haphazard fashion.
                  The Confessions of a Beachcomber
                  2
                  I'd be a sucker, the biggest sucker in the Gar-hole, Chickie bird.
                  At the Foot of the Rainbow
                  3
                  The goat sucker makes darts through the air and calls down rain.
                  Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
                  4
                  Then it is easily seen that it swims with the sucker uppermost.
                  The Confessions of a Beachcomber
                  5
                  The sucker looked at them and declared that he believed they were.
                  Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi
                  6
                  How do sucker-footed bats hold on, and why do they roost head-up?
                  Wired
                  7
                  The sucker crop will never stop, for one is born each minute.
                  Rippling Rhymes
                  8
                  Jacob protects Bella, but she still longs for the gentle blood-sucker Edward.
                  Reuters
                  9
                  The problem with this sucker, though, is to stop it taking off.
                  The Irish Times
                  10
                  I was a sucker, and now we're up against a stiff game.
                  The Spoilers
                  11
                  That is, everything except our scheme to play Dick for a sucker.
                  Children of the Whirlwind
                  12
                  Who would have guessed the little sucker'd be out of his seat?
                  Ender’s Game
                  13
                  He's a sucker the doctor taught farming and then sold land to.
                  The Intriguers
                  14
                  And yet… what sucker would try to make a film about it?
                  The Guardian
                  15
                  You know, I really think I could get to like that sucker.
                  The stand
                  16
                  He felt as if he'd been sucker punched right in the gut.
                  Love- from his point of view!
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                  United States of America
                  Common
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common