sucker

²sucker

verb

suck·eredsuck·er·ing\ˈsə-k(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of SUCKER

transitive verb

1

: to remove suckers from <sucker tobacco>

2

: hoodwink 3

intransitive verb

: to send out suckers <corn suckers abundantly>

Examples of SUCKER

1. <a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia>
2. <suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss>

First Known Use of SUCKER

1607

Related to SUCKER

Synonyms: bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, deceive, suck in, take in, trick

Antonyms: undeceive

Related Words: kid, put on, tease; bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle

Near Antonyms: debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask; disclose, divulge, tell, unveil; disabuse, disenchant, disillusion

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Rhymes with SUCKER

bucker, ducker, mucker, plucker, pucker, shucker, succor, trucker, tucker