suck

informal + sometimes impolite
as in to smell
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular

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Recent Examples of suck Will abandons his students at the first sight of Agnes walking by the classroom window, and the two of them are sucking faces a minute later. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025 The extremely hot plasma emission is one that only appears as planets form and grow by sucking up hydrogen from their surroundings, Close said. Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Some players will still think this sucks, see character acquisition slow and then bounce. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Powered by dual motors that provide up to 2,061GPH of suction, the V5 cruises the surface of your pool, sucking up leaves and other debris that normally needs to be removed with a net. PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for suck
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smell
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  • No one wants to use a bathroom that smells stale (or worse).
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But that did little to allay the concerns of Dermish and his neighbors, who continued to see flares light up the sky and to smell gas wafting over the community.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Suck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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