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What's "sucker" mean?

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Rebecca

A "sucker" is a person who is gullible or easily fooled. The speaker is stating that Peter Parker is a fool here, that he was tricked easily despite his intelligence. Ex: I was scammed by a conman, I feel like such a sucker. Ex: He felt like a sucker after he was tricked by his friend.

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