Dictionary entry

Suck

Pronunciation: /sʌk/

Pronunciation

/sʌk/

Myanmar Meaning

(v) စုပ်

Definition

suck /sʌk/ v ၁။ (က) စုပ္သည္။ စုပ္ထုတ္သည္။ စို႔သည္။ suck the juice from an orange ❍ suck milk through a straw ❍ suck the poison out (of a wound) ❍ a baby sucking its mother's breast ❍ suck an orange dry. (ခ) စုပ္ယူသည္။ စုပ္ထုတ္သည္။ plants that suck (up) moisture from the soil ❍ The pump sucks air out through this valve. ၂။ ~ (away) (at/on sth) စို႔သည္။ စုပ္သည္။ The baby sucked (away) at its bottle. ❍ The old man was sucking at his pipe. ၃။ စုပ္သည္။ suck a toffee ❍ I used to suck my thumb as a child. ၄။ စုပ္သည္။ စုပ္ယူသည္။ The canoe was sucked (down) into the whirlpool. ❍ Dangerous currents can suck swimmers under. n စုပ္ျခင္း။ စုပ္ယူျခင္း။ have/take a suck (at sth). ❏ suck sb in / into sth [ PHRV ] (usu passive) ပါဝင္ ပတ္သက္သည္။ I don't want to get sucked into the debate about school reform. ❏ suck up (to sb) [ PHRV ] ( infml derog ) ေဖာ္လံဖားသည္။ ဖားသည္။ She's always sucking up to the teacher.

Examples

  1. After the accident
  2. I could only suck liquids through a straw.
  3. [suck at] : A baby sucking at the breast
  4. [suck on] : She sucked on a sweet and stared at us.
  5. [suck your thumb] : I sucked my thumb until I was five.
  6. [suck in] : He sucked in a lungful of air
  7. then jumped into the pool.
  8. [suck on] : Christine sucked on her cigarette.
  9. The fan sucks air in through one vent and pushes it out through the other.
  10. The current nearly sucked us under the water.
  11. This gigantic military effort was sucking all the strength out of the economy.
  12. If your job really sucks
  13. leave it.
  14. ‘My mum says I have to clean the garage.’ ‘That sucks.’
  15. Sucks to be you
  16. Cory and Topanga
  17. I’ve got something so much better AND it’s real.