Definition of "sucker" []

• One that sucks, especially an unweaned domestic animal. (noun)
• Informal One who is easily deceived; a dupe. (noun)
• Informal One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified: "The nation's capital is a sucker for a symbolic gesture” ( Jonathan Alter). (noun)
• Slang An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: "our goal of getting that sucker on the air before old age took the both of us” ( Linda Ellerbee). (noun)
• Slang A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: He's a mean sucker. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If any of those poor romantic fools would have driven hours north to the Hopi reservation and doubled back, the word sucker fizzing like acid in their bellies as they sneaked glances across the car at the woman they loved, knowing she was going home to another man."
• "This sucker is about the strongest thing we can build out of wood, and most cost effective structure known to man."
• "I thank you for recognizing my talent in "sucker" - ing people in."