to stymie the investigation. The nose
guard stymied the play all by himself.suave [swav] n. personal polish and
smoothness. Man, does that guy ever
have suave! You need some suave to
carry off this sham.
sub 1. n. a substitute. I was a sub in the
school system for a while. The coach sent
in a sub for Wilbur. 2. in. to serve as a
temporary replacement. I subbed for
Mary in a couple of games. Then she
subbed for me to even the score. 3. n. a
submarine. I was aboard a sub for
twenty minutes—and that was at Disney
World. You have to have a special kind
of personality to live on a sub. 4. Go to
submarine. 5. n. a subscription, as to a
magazine. I got a sub to a computer
magazine for my birthday. Would you
like to buy a sub to the local newspaper?
submarine 1. and subn. a long sandwich
containing many different foods. He
ordered a submarine, but he couldn’t fin-
ish it. He took what was left of the sub
home with him. 2. n. a large marijuana
cigarette. Look at the size of that sub!
Bart makes a sub when he’s got low-power
straw.
suck 1. and suctionn. liquor; wine; beer;
strong drink. How about a little glass of
suck before we leave? This is powerful
suction! 2. and suck something uptv.
to drink beer or liquor. Yeah, I’ll suck
one up with ya. TLet’s go out and suck
up a few. 3. in. [for someone or some-
thing] to be bad or undesirable. This
movie sucks! I think that the whole busi-
ness sucks. 4. and suctionn. influence.
He thinks he has suck, but he’s just a
pain in the neck. Who has some suction
with the boss?
suckaGo to sucker.
suckabuckmod. greedy; exhibiting greed.
I refuse to do business with this suck-
abuck company anymore. She is such a
suckabuck landlady that it makes me want
to move.
sucker 1. and suckan. a dupe; an easy
mark. See if you can sell that sucker the
Brooklyn Bridge. The sucker says he
doesn’t need a bridge, thank you. 2. tv. to
trick or victimize someone. That crook
suckered me. I should have known better.
They suckered him into selling half in-
terest in his land. 3. n. an annoying per-
son. (Also a rude term of address.)
Look, sucker, get out of my way! I am
really sick of that sucker hanging around
here. 4. n. a gadget; a thing. Now, you
put this little sucker right into this slot.
Where is that sucker that looks like a
screw?
sucker for someone or somethingn.
someone 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.
sucker listn. a list of potential dupes; a list
of people who might be taken in by de-
ception. I’m sure on their sucker list.
They are trying to get me to go to a lec-
ture and receive a free clock or something.
Here’s the sucker list. Call them all and
try to get them interested.
suck facetv. to kiss. (See also swap spits.)
The kid said he was going out to suck
face. It sounds awful. Sally said she
didn’t want to suck face.
suck (some) brew and suck (some) suds
tv. to drink beer. Wanna go suck some
brew? I’m tired of sucking suds. Got any
staggers?
suck someone’s hind tit and kiss some-
one’s hind tittv. to be obsequious to
someone. (Usually objectionable.)
What does he want me to do, suck his hind
tit or something?
suck (some) sudsGo to suck (some)
brew.
suck something upGo to suck.
suck up to someonein. to attempt to gain
influence with or favor from someone.
In school, Max was always sucking up to
the teacher. Don’t suck up to me. It
won’t do any good.
suckymod. poor; undesirable. This is the
suckiest movie I ever saw. This food is
sucky. It really sucks!
suctionGo to suck.suave