suck

suck
suck [{{t}}sʌk]
1 transitive verb
(a) (with mouth) sucer; (drink, sweets) sucer, suçoter; (mother's milk) téter; (pipe) tirer sur; (not smoking) sucer;
to suck one's thumb sucer son pouce;
he sucked the end of his pencil thoughtfully il suçait pensivement le bout de son crayon;
she was sucking orange juice through a straw elle sirotait du jus d'orange avec une paille;
he was sucking a sweet il suçait un bonbon;
to suck poison out of a wound extraire le poison d'une blessure en la suçant;
suck the poison out aspirez le poison;
to suck sb dry prendre jusqu'à son dernier sou à qn
(b) (pull) aspirer;
the dust is sucked into the bag la poussière est aspirée dans le sac;
the whirlpool sucked him to the bottom le tourbillon l'a entraîné au fond;
{{}}figurative{{}} we found ourselves sucked into an argument nous nous sommes trouvés entraînés dans une dispute
(c) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}}
to suck face se rouler des pelles ou des patins
2 intransitive verb
(a) (with mouth)
to suck at or on sth sucer ou suçoter qch;
the child was sucking at her breast l'enfant tétait son sein
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} (be bad) craindre, être nul ou merdique;
this town sucks! cette ville est dégueulasse!;
this bar/movie sucks ce bar/film est vraiment nul;
this sucks, let's do something else c'est nul, si on faisait autre chose?;
I've got to work all weekend -- that sucks! il faut que je travaille tout le week-end -- ça craint!
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}} (idiom)
(ya boo) sucks to you! va te faire voir!
3 noun
(a) (act of sucking → gen)
to have a suck at sth sucer ou suçoter qch;
he took a long suck on his cigar il tira longuement sur son cigare
(b) (act of sucking → at breast) tétée f;
to give suck donner le sein, allaiter
(c) (force) aspiration f
suck down separable transitive verb
(of sea, quicksand, whirlpool) engloutir
suck in separable transitive verb
(with mouth) sucer; (draw in by vacuum) aspirer; (of air pump) aspirer; (in vortex) engloutir; (cheeks) creuser; (knowledge) absorber;
to get sucked in (to sth) (to conspiracy, plot etc) se laisser entraîner (dans qch)
suck off separable transitive verb
{{}}vulgar{{}}
to suck sb off sucer qn, tailler une pipe à qn
suck up
1 separable transitive verb
(of person) aspirer, sucer; (of vacuum cleaner, pump) aspirer; (of porous surface) absorber
2 intransitive verb
{{}}familiar{{}} to suck up to sb faire de la lèche à qn, cirer les pompes à qn

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