Sucker
noun
A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.
Synonyms: Illinoisian, chump, fall guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug
verb
To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
“to sucker maize”
To produce suckers, to throw up additional stems or shoots.
To move or attach itself by means of suckers.