sucker

to sucker maize

I have let my vines sucker more than I ought this year, perhaps, but I want to start them out in better shape by encouraging a large growth of wood.

I am now the octopus, mucus, held together by soft moist membrane, suckering everywhere.

The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.

As the escort carriers chug away south, their single 5-inch rear guns are now cleared to open fire as the range closes. Disappointed gunners on other weapons are informed, "Just wait a little longer, boys; we're suckering them into 40-mm range."