sucker
suh ker
- n a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- n a shoot arising from a plant's roots
- n a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
- n flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
- n hard candy on a stick
- n an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
- n mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
- Part of the trouble was due to the fact that the number of new suckers had not kept pace with the new gambling facilities.
- The former governor talked to PTI about his new book, Howard Dean's Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform, political wrangling over bills and why bipartisanship is for suckers.
- This sucker-punch of a twist set up two questions for the final run of the series starting in January: Where do they go from here? And where did we go?.