sucker
/ˈsʌkə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsʌkə/
sucker
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
suc - ker -> sucker
Myanmar meaning
ပြောသမျှ ယုံကြည်လွယ်သူ။ ထိခိုက်လွယ်သူ။ လေစုပ်၍ ကပ်နေသော ရော်ဘာခွက်။ သက်ရှိဇိဝ၏ အလားတူ အင်္ဂါ။ အမြစ် ၊ ပင်စည်မှ ထွက်သည့်အတက်။ below ground မြေအောက်တွင်။
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sucker /'sʌkǝ(r)/ n
၁။ (infml ) လူအ။ လူန။ အမဲ။ (ဗန်း) အချဉ်။ The world is full of suckers eager to waste their money.
၂။ ~ for sb/sth (infml ) (ထီ၊ ရုပ်ရှင် စသည်)ရူး။ I've always been a sucker for romantic movies.
၃။ (က) စုပ်ခွက်။ An octopus has suckers on its tentacles. (ခ) စုပ်ခွက်။ toy arrows with suckers instead of sharp heads.
၄။ ငုတ်တက်။
၅။ (US infml ) = LOLLIPOP
More examples
- ‘Water sprouts or suckers should be cut out at any time that it is proven by their growth to be such.’
- ‘In 1953 he developed a lightweight, foot-operated sucker.’
- ‘I would like an explanation on why a meticulous man who removes his glasses would leave cardiogram suckers on his chest.’
- ‘Farmers in both Cameroon and Nigeria are willing to pay for the clean, improved suckers.’
- ‘Municipal workers using a single generator and four honey suckers averted a major sewage spill here at the weekend, mayoral spokesperson Matthew Moonieya said last night.’
- ‘They have pointy claws instead of suckers!’
- ‘NoNo is the funny little red (nail-eating) robot with rubber sucker feet, given from Ulysses to Telemicus, as a birthday present.’
- ‘The basic mechanism of suction attachment is straightforward; the sucker forms a seal at the rim and reduces the pressure in the acetabular cavity.’
- ‘The lagomorph's ears twitched as six black tentacles covered in suckers and small spines came bursting from its ears.’
- ‘When a live starfish is turned over hundreds of tube feet ending in suckers are seen.’
- ‘Hillstream loaches have flattened bodies and utilize suckers, permanently clinging to rock faces so they are not swept downstream.’
- ‘If an octopus is induced to attach its suckers to an object covered with a thin coating of dental impression wax, impressions of the suckers in the wax can be observed on the surface of the object.’
- ‘The head of an adult male is often heavily marked with circular scars from encounters with squid suckers.’
- ‘The end of the tube feet have suckers, which chemically adhere to the substrate.’
- ‘Belemnites also possessed hooks rather than suckers on their tentacles.’
- ‘Like their cousins, they are hermaphroditic, but unlike them, they do not regenerate if cut up; they are more specialized, having suckers at their tail ends.’
- ‘A nautilus does not have suckers on its tentacles like an octopus does.’
- ‘A gecko in the hand feels cool and its broad, padded feet cling to skin like delicate suckers.’
- ‘For example, an echinostome is named for the spines that surround the oral sucker.’
- ‘The suckers are attached to the arms by a series of extrinsic muscle bundles.’
Synonyms
mark, easy target, dupe, chump, sap, sitting duck, bamboozle, be taken in, being a sucker, blighter, cheat, con, contraption, critter, deceive, easily moved, easily taken in, fall guy, falling hook line and sinker, fool, gull, gullible, hoodwink, kidding oneself, lamber, like a babe in the woods, mug, naive, nonresistant, on line, on the line, on the spot, out on limb, patsy, pregnable, pushover, sensile, so-and-so, stooge, susceptible, swallowing whole, swindle, take in, taken in, taking the bait, thing, trick, trustful, tumble for, tumbling for, unjaded, unskeptical, unsuspicious, victim, vincible, vulnerable, wide open, wide-eyed
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