suck in

verb

sucked in; sucking in; sucks in

transitive verb

1

: dupe, hoodwink

2

: to contract, flatten, and tighten (the abdomen) especially by inhaling deeply

Synonyms

• bamboozle
• beguile
• bluff
• buffalo
• burn
• catch
• con
• cozen
• deceive
• delude
• dupe
• fake out
• fool
• gaff
• gammon
• gull
• have
• have on [chiefly British]
• hoax
• hoodwink
• hornswoggle
• humbug
• juggle
• misguide
• misinform
• mislead
• snooker
• snow
• spoof
• string along
• sucker
• take in
• trick

Examples of suck in in a Sentence

she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares

Recent Examples on the Web

And, after watching the clip, Barber may be sucked in too. —Bailey Richards, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024

After sucking in over $370 million at the worldwide box office, Universal Pictures‘ Twisters has been set to stream exclusively on Peacock beginning November 15. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024

Not all matter that gets near a supermassive black hole is sucked in – some is warped and twisted by the incredible gravity, accelerated and fired off at near light-speed in jets from both poles at once. —New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024

State of play: The fire's rotating smoke plume likely acted as a chimney and sucked in air from surrounding areas. —Andrew Freedman, Axios, 31 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1