Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suck out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: suck- out
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.

verb

To win a hand, usually on a showdown, by hitting a card on the turn or river to make a better hand than one's opponent, even though one had a significantly inferior hand on the flop.

Slang

noun

An instance of winning a hand by sucking out.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Poker is not, nor should it be, a passionless, colorless, characterless game; there's too much at stake: money and reputation, perhaps foremost. Miraculous suck-out victories and tragic suck-out beats will always engender a response, good and bad, classy and tacky."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

sucks out (present, singular) sucking out (participle, present) sucked out (participle, past) sucked out (past) suck-out (alternative) suck outs (plural)

Synonyms

aspirate draw out

Questions

What does suck out mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.

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