"suck out" meaning in English

See suck out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-suck-out.wav Forms: suck outs [plural], suck-out [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suck out (plural suck outs)
  1. (poker slang) An instance of winning a hand by sucking out. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-suck_out-en-noun-GPKwlBV5 Categories (other): Poker, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 4 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 57 11 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 5 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 4 32 Topics: card-games, poker

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-suck-out.wav Forms: sucks out [present, singular, third-person], sucking out [participle, present], sucked out [participle, past], sucked out [past], suck-out [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suck out (third-person singular simple present sucks out, present participle sucking out, simple past and past participle sucked out)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.
    Sense id: en-suck_out-en-verb-3ywreSCO
  2. (poker slang) 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. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-suck_out-en-verb-YQK9FGMa Categories (other): Poker Topics: card-games, poker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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