A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
Sir Gregory. I promise you, not a house-rabbit, sir. Sir Perfidious. No sucker on ’em all.
A native or resident of Illinois.
From Middle English souker, sokere, sukkere, soukere, equivalent to suck (verb) + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Suuger, West Frisian sûker (“sucker”), Dutch zuiger (“sucker”), German Sauger (“dummy; ...
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I have let my vines sucker more than I ought this year, perhaps, but I want to start them out in better shape by encouraging a large growth of wood.
To move or attach oneself by means of suckers.
I am now the octopus, mucus, held together by soft moist membrane, suckering everywhere.