be a sucker for
1sucker for someone or something — n. omeone who is prejudiced in favor of someone or something. □ I’m a sucker for a pretty face. □ Ted is a sucker for any dessert with whipped cream on it …
2be a sucker for — (informal) To be unable to resist • • • Main Entry: ↑suck * * * be a sucker for phrase to like a particular type of person or thing very much, so that you will do almost anything to please them or to have them Mike’s a sucker for foreign sports… …
3be a sucker for — to like a particular type of person or thing very much, so that you will do almost anything to please them or to have them Mike s a sucker for foreign sports cars …
4sucker for — Synonyms and related words: addict, bug, collector, demon, eager beaver, energumen, enthusiast, faddist, fanatic, fiend, freak, great one for, hobbyist, hound, infatuate, nut, pursuer, rhapsodist, visionary, zealot …
5a sucker for punishment — one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I m a sucker for punishment …
6Sucker — Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3. The… …
7Sucker fish — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …
8sucker foot — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …
9Sucker rod — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …
10Sucker tube — Sucker Suck er (s[u^]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. [1913 Webster] 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 3 …
