suck out

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Also seen as: suck-out

Meaning · English

An instance of winning a hand by sucking out.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Một trường hợp thắng bằng cách suck out

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

Poker is not, nor should it be, a passionless, colorless, characterless game; there's too much at stake: money and reputation, perhaps foremost. Miraculous suck-out victories and tragic suck-out beats will always engender a response, good and bad, classy and tacky.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “suck out” mean?

An instance of winning a hand by sucking out.

Is “suck out” formal or informal?

suck out is generally slang.