Dictionary entry

Sucker

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkə/

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌkə/

Myanmar Meaning

ပြောသမျှ ယုံကြည်လွယ်သူ။ ထိခိုက်လွယ်သူ။ လေစုပ်၍ ကပ်နေသော ရော်ဘာခွက်။ သက်ရှိဇိဝ၏ အလားတူ အင်္ဂါ။ အမြစ် ၊ ပင်စည်မှ ထွက်သည့်အတက်။ below ground မြေအောက်တွင်။

Definition

sucker /'sʌkǝ(r)/ n ၁။ ( infml ) လူအ။ လူန။ အမဲ။ (ဗန္း) အခ်ဥ္။ The world is full of suckers eager to waste their money. ၂။ ~ for sb/sth ( infml ) (ထီ၊ ႐ုပ္ရွင္ စသည္)႐ူး။ I've always been a sucker for romantic movies. ၃။ (က) စုပ္ခြက္။ An octopus has suckers on its tentacles. (ခ) စုပ္ခြက္။ toy arrows with suckers instead of sharp heads. ၄။ ငုတ္တက္။ ၅။ ( US infml ) = LOLLIPOP

Examples

  1. ‘Water sprouts or suckers should be cut out at any time that it is proven by their growth to be such.’
  2. ‘In 1953 he developed a lightweight
  3. foot-operated sucker.’
  4. ‘I would like an explanation on why a meticulous man who removes his glasses would leave cardiogram suckers on his chest.’
  5. ‘Farmers in both Cameroon and Nigeria are willing to pay for the clean
  6. improved suckers.’
  7. ‘Municipal workers using a single generator and four honey suckers averted a major sewage spill here at the weekend
  8. mayoral spokesperson Matthew Moonieya said last night.’
  9. ‘They have pointy claws instead of suckers!’
  10. ‘NoNo is the funny little red (nail-eating) robot with rubber sucker feet
  11. given from Ulysses to Telemicus
  12. as a birthday present.’
  13. ‘The basic mechanism of suction attachment is straightforward; the sucker forms a seal at the rim and reduces the pressure in the acetabular cavity.’
  14. ‘The lagomorph's ears twitched as six black tentacles covered in suckers and small spines came bursting from its ears.’
  15. ‘When a live starfish is turned over hundreds of tube feet ending in suckers are seen.’
  16. ‘Hillstream loaches have flattened bodies and utilize suckers
  17. permanently clinging to rock faces so they are not swept downstream.’
  18. ‘If an octopus is induced to attach its suckers to an object covered with a thin coating of dental impression wax
  19. impressions of the suckers in the wax can be observed on the surface of the object.’
  20. ‘The head of an adult male is often heavily marked with circular scars from encounters with squid suckers.’
  21. ‘The end of the tube feet have suckers
  22. which chemically adhere to the substrate.’
  23. ‘Belemnites also possessed hooks rather than suckers on their tentacles.’
  24. ‘Like their cousins
  25. they are hermaphroditic
  26. but unlike them
  27. they do not regenerate if cut up; they are more specialized
  28. having suckers at their tail ends.’
  29. ‘A nautilus does not have suckers on its tentacles like an octopus does.’
  30. ‘A gecko in the hand feels cool and its broad
  31. padded feet cling to skin like delicate suckers.’
  32. ‘For example
  33. an echinostome is named for the spines that surround the oral sucker.’
  34. ‘The suckers are attached to the arms by a series of extrinsic muscle bundles.’