[count] 1 informal : a person who is easily tricked or deceived
▪ He's just a con artist looking for another sucker. ▪ There's a sucker born every minute. [=there are many people who are easily tricked or deceived] 2 informal : a person who is very strongly attracted to a particular type of thing or person — + for ▪ She's a sucker for mystery novels. [=she likes mystery novels very much] ▪ He's a sucker for women with dark hair. 3 chiefly US, informal : an annoying person or thing
▪ That kid is a mean little sucker. ▪ I got the other window open, but I just can't seem to get this sucker [=this window] to budge. 4 : a person who sucks something specified — usually used in combination ▪ She's a thumb-sucker. 5 : a part of an animal's body that is used for sucking or for attaching to things
▪ the suckers on an octopus's arms 6 : a new branch that grows from the base of a plant
▪ Cut off any suckers growing at the base of the bush. 7 US, informal : lollipop 8 Brit : suction cup
▪ He's just a con artist looking for another sucker. ▪ There's a sucker born every minute. [=there are many people who are easily tricked or deceived]
▪ That kid is a mean little sucker. ▪ I got the other window open, but I just can't seem to get this sucker [=this window] to budge.
▪ the suckers on an octopus's arms
▪ Cut off any suckers growing at the base of the bush.





