suck

[sʌk]

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A suck is something or a situation that's bad or unpleasant.

You've probably heard people complaining about the weather when it's really hot and humid - "Ugh, this heat is sucking the life out of me!" In cases like these, "suck" describes how something makes you feel. It can also be used to talk about things that don't work well, like a leaky water pipe or a broken machine that sucks up all your money because it's always needing repairs. When someone says their favorite sports team had a terrible game and "it really sucked", they mean the team played badly and didn't live up to their usual standards.

How common is "suck"?

Word suck is considered uncommon in modern English.
It appears most frequently in fiction texts and less often in other writings.

Definitions

noun

An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
Milk drawn from the breast.
A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
A sycophant, especially a child.
A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
An act of fellatio.

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verb

To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.
To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
To perform fellatio.
To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.