Definitions for tuck
tʌktuck

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tucknoun

   eatables (especially sweets)

2. tucknoun

   (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest

3. tucknoun

   a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place

4. rapier, tuckverb

   a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges

5. tuck, insertverb

   fit snugly into

   "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"

6. tuckverb

   make a tuck or several folds in

   "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"

7. gather, pucker, tuckverb

   draw together into folds or puckers

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. tucknoun

   A curled position.

2. tucknoun

   A fold in fabric that has been stiched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.

3. tucknoun

   A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.

4. tucknoun

   snack food. Derived from the expression "to tuck in to one's food" meaning "to eat up", "to guzzle".

5. tucknoun

   The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb

6. tuckverb

   To push the end (or ends) of a fabric-based item out of sight - as in "tuck in your shirt" or "I tucked in the sheet".

7. tuckverb

   To fit neatly.

8. tuckverb

   To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.

   The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.

9. tuckverb

   To sew folds.

10. tuckverb

    To conceal one's genitals, especially by fastening them down with adhesive tape.

    Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.

11. tuckverb

    To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb

12. Etymology: tuken, touken "to torment, stretch [cloth]" from tūcian "to torment, vex" and tucken "to tuck", both from teuh-, from dewk-. Akin to zucchen "to snatch, tug", zuchôn "to jerk", tēon "to draw, pull, train". More at touch.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tucknoun

   Etymology: tweca Welsh, a knife; estoc, French; stocco, Italian.

   1. A long narrow sword.

   If he by chance escape your venom’d tuck,
   Our purpose may hold there. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   These being prim’d, with force he labour’d
   To free’s sword from retentive scabbard;
   And after many a painful pluck,
   From rusty durance he bail’d tuck. Hudibras, p. i.

   2. A kind of net.

   The tuck is narrower meashed, and therefore scarce lawful with a long bunt in the midst. Carew.

2. To Tuckverb

   To press. Skinner.

   1. To crush together; to hinder from spreading.

   She tucked up her vestments, like a Spartan virgin, and marched directly forwards to the utmost summit of the promontory. Addison.

   The sex, at the same time they are letting down their stays, are tucking up their petticoats, which grow shorter and shorter every day. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

   The following age of females first tucked up their garments to the elbows, and exposed their arms to the air. Addison.

   Dick adept! tuck back thy hair,
   And I will pour into thy ear. Matthew Prior.

   2. To inclose, by tucking cloaths round.

   Make his bed after different fashions, that he may not feel every little change, who is not to have his maid always to lay all things in print and tuck him in warm. John Locke, on Education.

3. To Tuckverb

   To contract. A bad word.

   An ulcer discharging a nasty thin ichor, the edges tuck in, and growing skinned and hard, give it the name of a callous ulcer. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tuck

   Tuck is a verb that generally refers to the action of pushing, folding, or turning the edge or ends of something so as to hide them, make them secure, or give them a neat appearance. It may also refer to a stitched fold, particularly in certain types of garments, or a type of body movement in gymnastics or diving where the body is curled into a ball.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tucknoun

   a long, narrow sword; a rapier

2. Tucknoun

   the beat of a drum

3. Tuckverb

   to draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves

4. Tuckverb

   to make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress

5. Tuckverb

   to inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket

6. Tuckverb

   to full, as cloth

7. Tuckverb

   to contract; to draw together

8. Tucknoun

   a horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait

9. Tucknoun

   a small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net

10. Tucknoun

    a pull; a lugging

11. Tucknoun

    the part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern

12. Tucknoun

    food; pastry; sweetmeats

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tuck

   In sewing, a tuck is a fold or pleat in fabric that is sewn in place. Small tucks, especially multiple parallel tucks, may be used to decorate clothing or household linens. When the tucks are very narrow, they are called pintucks or Pin-tucking. Tucks are also used to shorten a finished garment, especially a child's garment, so that it may be lengthened as the child grows by removing the stitching holding the tuck in place. In Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Amy says: Tucks, made easy with the invention of the sewing machine, were very popular as ornamentation in the latter half of the 19th century, especially in fine linen or cotton fabric for chemisettes, engageantes, blouses, lingerie, summer dresses, and children's garments. Tucks were also used to decorate heavier fabrics: a travelling suit of "rough cheviot" is described as having its skirt "tucked, each tuck two inches wide and two inches apart, eight tucks in all, box-pleating at the bottom."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tuck

   tuk, n, a rapier: a blow, tap: a blast, flourish. [O. Fr. estoc; perh. cog. with Ger. stock, a stock.]

2. Tuck

   tuk, v.t. to draw or press in or together: to stuff, cram: to fold under: to gather up: to enclose by pressing clothes closely around: (slang) to eat (with in).—n. a horizontal fold in a garment: (naut.) the afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail: (slang) eatables, pastry.—n. Tuck′er, a piece of cloth tucked or drawn over the bosom, worn by women and children: (slang) food, also work that scarcely yields a living wage.—v.t. (Amer. slang) to tire exceedingly.—ns. Tuck′-in (slang), a hearty meal—also Tuck′-out; Tuck′-shop (slang), a confectioner's or a pastry-cook's shop.—Tuck up, to gather up: to contract: to make tucks: (slang) to hang. [A.S. tucian, to pull; cog. with Low Ger. tukken, Ger. zucken; also with A.S. teón, Ger. ziehen, to draw.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tuck

   The after-part of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail. Thus the fir frigates of 1812-14 had flat, square transoms similar to boats, or heart-shaped. Hence our square-tucked frigates, brigs, &c.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tuck

   A long, narrow sword.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TUCK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tuck is ranked #3560 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tuck surname appeared 10,018 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Tuck.
   
   77.6% or 7,777 total occurrences were White.
   16.8% or 1,683 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 252 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 181 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 64 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 61 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Comestible
   • Enclose
   • Fold
   • Pleat
   • Position
   • Sew
   • Sport

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tuck' in Verbs Frequency: #879

How to pronounce tuck?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tuck in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tuck in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tuck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of tuck in a Sentence

1. Chris Mellor:

   Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake said.But because of Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake family history with DVT, doesnt that make Norfolk Area corner Yvonne Blake out of the range of the average patient ? She was out for three hours having multiple procedures. MODEL HAD BREAST IMPLANTS REMOVED AFTER BODY BEGAN REJECTING THEM Blake suggested that it may have been more appropriate for Ms Harvey to have the drugs due to Ms Harvey tummy tuck which would have reduced Ms Harvey mobility while Ms Harvey recovered, making a blood clot more likely. Chris Mellor, representing Transform, said that guidelines about the prescribing of anticoagulant drugs were not firm rules. Whilst there are guidelines, they are not necessarily guidelines that apply to this particular type of surgery.

2. Terry McAuliffe:

   We had Donald Trump here for four years. He drove Democratic turnout, donald Trump is not president anymore. ... It's going to be very close. It's going to be nip and tuck. This is going to be a battle. ... You bet it's going to be close.

3. Eric Levy:

   This is truer today more than ever given how Covid-19 is reshuffling financial demands and priorities, people only have so much they can tuck away for tomorrow so prioritization is key when thinking through where each dollar from your paycheck will go -- be it toward your health care, retirement plan or emergency savings.

4. Chief Executive Greg Brown:

   While it's what I would call a 'tuck-in' acquisition, it will be very valuable to us as we bring it to our customers.

5. Joel Benenson:

   We always said there would be a tight race in New Hampshire, we see this race as kind of where we expected it to be, nip and tuck all the way to the primary.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tuck
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tuck
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tuck
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuck
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tuck
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tuck
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=tuck
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html