Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sucker
Participle: suckered
Gerund: suckering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sucker |
| you | sucker |
| he;she;it | suckers |
| we | sucker |
| you | sucker |
| they | sucker |
Perfect
| I | have suckered |
| you | have suckered |
| he;she;it | has suckered |
| we | have suckered |
| you | have suckered |
| they | have suckered |
Past
| I | suckered |
| you | suckered |
| he;she;it | suckered |
| we | suckered |
| you | suckered |
| they | suckered |
Pluperfect
| I | had suckered |
| you | had suckered |
| he;she;it | had suckered |
| we | had suckered |
| you | had suckered |
| they | had suckered |
Future
| I | will sucker |
| you | will sucker |
| he;she;it | will sucker |
| we | will sucker |
| you | will sucker |
| they | will sucker |
Future Perfect
| I | will have suckered |
| you | will have suckered |
| he;she;it | will have suckered |
| we | will have suckered |
| you | will have suckered |
| they | will have suckered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sucker |
| you | sucker |
| he;she;it | sucker |
| we | sucker |
| you | sucker |
| they | sucker |
Perfect
| I | have suckered |
| you | have suckered |
| he;she;it | have suckered |
| we | have suckered |
| you | have suckered |
| they | have suckered |
Imperfect
| I | suckered |
| you | suckered |
| he;she;it | suckered |
| we | suckered |
| you | suckered |
| they | suckered |
Pluperfect
| I | had suckered |
| you | had suckered |
| he;she;it | had suckered |
| we | had suckered |
| you | had suckered |
| they | had suckered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sucker |
| you | would sucker |
| he;she;it | would sucker |
| we | would sucker |
| you | would sucker |
| they | would sucker |
Perfect
| I | would have suckered |
| you | would have suckered |
| he;she;it | would have suckered |
| we | would have suckered |
| you | would have suckered |
| they | would have suckered |
Imperative
| you | sucker |
| we | Let's sucker |
| you | sucker |
Verbs conjugated like 'sucker'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sucker'
mucker,
pucker,
sicker,
tucker,
bicker,
bucket,
buckler,
bunker,
cocker,
desucker,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *sūkaną
3. Proto-West Germanic *sūkan
4. Old English sūcan
5. Middle English souken
6. Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
7. Proto-Italic *-āzios
8. Latin -āriusnom.
9. Latin -āriusbor.
10. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
11. Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
12. Old English -ere
13. Middle English -ere
14. Middle English souker
15. English sucker
16. From Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Suuger, West Frisian sûker (“sucker”), Dutch zuiger (“sucker”), German Sauger (“dummy; vacuum”).
Sample Sentences
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to sucker maize
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It is as important to sucker tobacco carefully and as often as the situation demands it as it is to search for and remove the green-horn worm. [1881, F. R. Diffenderffer, “Tobacco Culture”, in Agriculture of Pennsylvania, volume 5, page 91:]
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I have let my vines sucker more than I ought this year, perhaps, but I want to start them out in better shape by encouraging a large growth of wood. [1880, Samuel Thorton Kemeys Prime, The Model Farms and Their Methods, page 423:]
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We prefer to plant in rows instead of hills because the plants sucker so badly here, and because, with our scanty rainfall, it is better to have the plants isolated than bunched. [1892, Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, “Tests of vegetables in the experiment station garden”, in Bulletin, number 57, page 45:]
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‘That’s if they don’t all sucker, darn them!’ [1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 27:]
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I am now the octopus, mucus, held together by soft moist membrane, suckering everywhere. [1961, Olympia, numbers 1-4, page 83:]
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He paused at the octopus tank. Clyde, our resident giant Pacific octopus, was suckering his way across the front panel. [2017, Elizabeth Hand, Bradford Morrow, Other Aliens:]
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I hold the octopus around the middle, suckering and so heavy, trying to crawl down my belly and legs to get away. I run to shore, trying to keep the tentacles off me, but it's too big and strong. [2018, TW Neal, Freckled: A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii:]
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The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
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I asked him to tell me specifically just what his gripe might be, but he told me never mind what the details are; that he had put his faith in you on my recommendation but that you had suckered him and he refused to tell me anything about how you suckered him. [1963, Sewell Thomas, Yaquí Gold, page 170:]
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As the escort carriers chug away south, their single 5-inch rear guns are now cleared to open fire as the range closes. Disappointed gunners on other weapons are informed, "Just wait a little longer, boys; we're suckering them into 40-mm range." [2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 24:22 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:]