suckering (Meaning)
suckering
a part of an animal's body used for sucking or for clinging by suction, a device for creating or regulating suction (such as a piston or valve in a pump), a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant, a person irresistibly attracted to something, an organ in various animals for adhering or holding, any of numerous chiefly North American freshwater bony fishes (family Catostomidae) closely related to the carps but distinguished from them especially by the structure of the mouth which usually has thick soft lips compare hog sucker, white sucker, any of numerous freshwater fishes related to the carps that usually have thick soft lips for sucking in food, a pipe or tube through which something is drawn by suction, an organ in various animals (as a trematode or tapeworm) used for adhering or holding, one that sucks especially a breast or udder, a person easily cheated or deceived, to send out suckers, a person irresistibly attracted by something specified, hoodwink sense 1, one that sucks, lollipop sense 1, lollipop, to remove suckers from, a mouth (as of a leech) adapted for sucking or adhering, a person easily fooled or cheated
Synonyms & Antonyms of suckering
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Synonyms:
- shortchanging
- having on
- chiseling
- taking in
- rooking
- hornswoggling
- leading one up the garden path
- bleeding
- mulcting
- diddling
- snowing
- defrauding
- gammoning
- hustling
- buffaloing
- putting on
- swindling
- doing a number on
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- fleecing
- skinning
- chiselling
- stringing along
- sticking
- faking out
- squeezing
- pulling one's leg
- flimflamming
- leading one down the garden path
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suckering Sentence Examples
- The salesman was skilled at suckering customers into purchasing unnecessary upgrades.
- He felt a sense of regret after realizing he had been suckering his friends into lending him money.
- The scam artist was adept at suckering vulnerable individuals out of their life savings.
- The deceptive advertisement was designed to lure in unsuspecting consumers, suckering them into buying the product.
- She accused him of suckering her into believing his false promises.
- The con artist was caught suckering elderly people into handing over their personal information.
- Despite his suspicions, he found himself suckering into the trap laid by the cunning thief.
- The company was accused of suckering customers into signing contracts with hidden fees and charges.
- He felt a sense of guilt after realizing he had been suckering his employees into working overtime without fair compensation.
- The politician was skilled at suckering voters into supporting his campaign with empty promises.
FAQs About the word suckering
a part of an animal's body used for sucking or for clinging by suction, a device for creating or regulating suction (such as a piston or valve in a pump), a sho
deceiving,tricking, fooling, burning,duping, misinforming, teasing, snookering, beguiling, hoodwinking
debunking, revealing, telling,exposing, disclosing, unmasking, undeceiving, uncovering, disillusioning, unveiling
The salesman was skilled at suckering customers into purchasing unnecessary upgrades.
He felt a sense of regret after realizing he had been suckering his friends into lending him money.
The scam artist was adept at suckering vulnerable individuals out of their life savings.
The deceptive advertisement was designed to lure in unsuspecting consumers, suckering them into buying the product.
