Suck meaning in English

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Definition

to suck: to pull into the mouth verb

(This TV program) sucks!

:

(This television show) is terrible, rubbish!

slang

Examples

  • "That sucks!"
  • "That sucks."
  • "Do you know what it means to suck, Brian?"
  • "Hurtful words can suck our turds, 'cause it's PC for me"
  • "Philip : No man, that sucks."
  • "Bruno : Well Brian, this day is going to suck!"
  • "Hannah and Edward : That really sucks!"
  • "Philip : This game sucks!"
  • "No! That sucks!"
  • "Tours suck."
  • "This sucks!"
  • "Kid B : Offices suck!"
  • "Today is going to suck, Brian!"
Exercise 1
Select the correct uses of the term "to suck".

There may be more than one correct answer!
Select the correct uses of the term "to suck".

There may be more than one correct answer!
This is a correct use of the term "to suck". In the dialogue, the children say that the offices and tour "suck". This is a slang use of the term to describe something which is inadequate or offensive. Example: I hate my hair, my hair sucks, I'm going to get it cut at the hairdresser.
This is a correct use of the term "to suck". In this sentence "to suck" is used idiomatically (meaning "to extract"). To "suck the life out of someone" is make them literally lifeless, like a zombie.
"Suck" is used incorrectly here, a better term to use is "to blow". "To suck" is to inhale (or draw in) and "to blow" has the opposite meaning: to exhale, or expel a current of air.
Although used informally, this is a correct use of the term "to suck". "To suck at (a subject)" is to be very bad at it. I suck at science, so I'll never be a chemist.
This is a correct use of the term "to suck". Annie is a big fan of lollipops and likes to suck on them. To "suck (a piece of candy)" is to put it into your mouth and use your tongue to dissolve it. Babies often suck their fingers or a thumb to lower the pain of their new teeth.
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences with words from the dialogue. Use the hints to help you!

We by putting our lips into a circle and forcing air through them. (Hint: the wind does this!)

You need a lot of to play the trombone. (Hint: this is the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration!)
Complete the sentences with words from the dialogue. Use the hints to help you!

We blow 1 by putting our lips into a circle and forcing air through them. (Hint: the wind does this!)

You need a lot of breath 2 to play the trombone. (Hint: this is the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration!)
1 blow: "To blow" is to produce a current of air using the mouth. Example: We blow on hot chocolate to make it cool enough to drink. In the dialogue, Hannah thinks Horatio is pretending to blow a wind instrument when in fact he is pretending to be "out of breath". We blow instruments like horns and trumpets to make them produce sound.
2 breath: A "breath" is air entering and then exiting the lungs during respiration. Example: Jim has bad BREATH because he never brushes his teeth! In the dialogue, Horatio says he becomes "out of breath" when he plays his triangle. To be "out of breath" is to be exhausted or have difficulty breathing.

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