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suck

verb [I] (BE BAD)
 
 
/sʌk/ slang

Definition

If someone or something sucks, they are bad or unpleasant: Man, this job sucks! While my brother was sick, I had to do all of his chores and it sucked.Bore and bored
(Definition of suck verb (BE BAD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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