# suck

> English word · Noun · IPA /sʌk/ · frequency rank #3,532

## Definitions
1. An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
2. Milk drawn from the breast.
3. An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
4. The ability to suck; suction.
5. A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
6. A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
7. A sycophant, especially a child.
8. A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
9. An act of fellatio.
10. Badness or mediocrity.

## Etymology
From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”), Limburgish zuken, zoeken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), German saugen (“to suck”), Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sūgō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sun)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sum)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sue)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sup)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sus)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sui)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-suh)
- **Sul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sul)
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sud)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sure)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-suit)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sung)
- **sued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sued)
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sums)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-surf)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sunk)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-suns)
- **Suez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-suez)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suck-vs-sumo)

## Common misspellings (6)
`scuk`, `ssuck`, `succk`, `suckk`, `sukc`, `usck`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/suck