suck

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It is not an excuse for why people suck at math or programming.

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Quick take

the act of sucking

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suck gathered in one view.

noun

the act of sucking

verb

draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"

verb

draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suck.

noun

the act of sucking

verb

draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast"

verb

draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"

verb

attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"

verb

be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!"

verb

provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

verb

take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

verb

give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

See also: breastfeed, suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate

Example sentences

It is not an excuse for why people suck at math or programming.

She was hired straight out of college, so I guess the culture was sucked right into her.

They inevitably end up with an office suite that sucks, but that's not the browser's fault.

Their pay and benefits suck, although much less so lately due to local competition from Google and Facebook.

I imagine a doctor drilling into my skeleton and using a large needle to suck out the gooey stuff that makes my blood.

But if you're studying under Dijkstra, just suck it up and soak in as much as you can, even if the "customer service" leaves to be desired.

QuerySelector is pretty much the only one which does not suck hence it being used as an example every single time.

What, so do I suck at Programming Languages because I haven't trolled my 25 closest acquaintances for endorsements?

The main suckitude came from the fact that the more we worked on our real products, the less we wanted to consult we still never had to travel away from our families, stump, beg, wheedle, or go without money.

If you suck at being magically positioned, lug your luggage through the aisle of one of the other cars and hope that you find a couple of adjacent seats and that someone doesn't come along who needs the seat so you have to take your suitcase off it.

Most of the developers tasked with conducting them suck at interviewing; many use interviews as a sort of hazing ritual, and most use them as opportunity to project their own subjective views about how software should be built onto candidates.