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How to pronounce sucker in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch
Type of victim, dupe
Derivation suck
Type Words
Synonyms all-day sucker, lollipop
Type of confect, candy
Type Words
Type of drinker
Derivation suck
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Type of organ
Has types cupule
Derivation suck
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Type of shoot
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Type of freshwater fish
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Type of catostomid
Has types buffalofish, hog sucker, hypentelium nigricans, buffalo fish, redhorse, redhorse sucker, hog molly

Examples of sucker

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When Schwarzenegger sat at the bargaining table, did he know who the sucker was?
From the sacbee.com
Why not just shoot the sucker down, as 16 Republican congressmen just suggested?
From the theatlantic.com
Piatek favors 10-inch wooden plugs in perch and sucker patterns during the fall.
From the freep.com
I'll admit that I find it funny, but then again, I'm a sucker for British humor.
From the dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
I'm a sucker for a chef who makes his mamma's recipes, in this case Mamma Lina.
From the ocregister.com
I'm amused that Ice Cube, in this context, turns out to be just another sucker.
From the chron.com
I'm always a sucker for a good camera story and this one was too good to pass up.
From the techcrunch.com
The good news is that this sucker is fast even though it's only powered by USB.
From the techcrunch.com
Anyone who thinks Amazon is a positive force to the cause of writing is a sucker.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Chump: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  • A shoot arising from a plant's roots
  • A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
  • Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
  • Lollipop: hard candy on a stick
  • An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
  • Catostomidae is the sucker family of the order Cypriniformes. There are 80 species in this family of freshwater fishes. Catostomidae are found in North America, east central China, and eastern Siberia. ...
  • A basal shoot, root sprout, adventitious shoot, water sprout or sucker is a shoot or cane which grows from a bud at the base of a tree or shrub or from its roots. This shoot then becomes, or takes the form of, a singular plant. A plant that produces suckers is referred to as surculose. ...
  • (Suckers (film)) Suckers is a 2001 film written by Roger Nygard and Joe Yanetty which centers around events at a car dealership. Suckers stars Daniel Benzali, Lori Loughlin, and Louis Mandylor and co-stars Walter Emanuel Jones. ...