tuck

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
2. (transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
3. (intransitive, often) To eat; to consume.
4. (ergative) To fit neatly.
5. To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
6. To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
7. To full, as cloth.
8. (usually) To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
9. To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Mach tuck.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
3. (countable, uncountable) A curled position.
4. (countable, uncountable) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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.
8. (British, India, dated, uncountable) Food, especially snack food.

Noun

A rapier, a sword.

Noun

The beat of a drum.

Synonyms

fold

crease

pleat

insert

rapier

shorten

pucker

stuff

roll up

thrust

ruffle

gather

plait

drape

press

pull up

ram

🐏

ruck

sheathe

shoulder

shove

slip

sloucher

squeeze

stick

stoop

stooped

stooping

take in

turn in

round-backed

attach

rimple

bend

bent

blow

collect

cram

crinkle

crooked

crumple

dart

🎯

fill

get

hunched

jam

limit

ply

round-shouldered

Translations

ripiegare

Einschlag

rimboccare

alforza

meter

Abnäher

πιέτα

rapière

ρευματισμοί

infilare

sacsó

φαγώσιμα

insérer

zurückstreifen

Falte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʌk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tuken

Inherited from Old English: tūcian

Cognate with Old High German: zucchen

Cognate with Old English: tēon

In summary

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.