Sucker
WordNet
noun
(1) Mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
(2) An organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
(3) Hard candy on a stick
(4) Flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
(5) A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
(6) A drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
(7) A shoot arising from a plant's roots
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A person or thing that sucks.
- An organ or body part that does the sucking.
- Animals such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs
- A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop.
- An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
Etymology 2
- Possibly from the scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig.
- Possibly from suckener.
Synonyms
chump, fall-guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, rube, schlemiel, soft touch- See also Wikisaurus:dupe
Verb
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
- The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.