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verb

Tuck v. t. (past & past part. tucked; pres. part. tucking)

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.

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

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.

To full, as cloth. (Prov. Eng.)

Tuck v. i. To contract; to draw together. (Obs.)

noun

Tuck n. A long, narrow sword; a rapier. (Obs.) "He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length."

Tuck n. The beat of a drum.

Tuck n.

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

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

A pull; a lugging. (Obs.) See Tug.

(Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

Food; pastry; sweetmeats. (Slang)

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Etymology of 'Tuck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tuck" Quotes from Famous Books

... was not a second to spare. The two long-haired fellows came nip and tuck. I see yet their long deer-hunters' rifles. But I remembered my pledge to this man's wife, and proudly found I had the nerve to hold the trigger still unpressed when at the apron of the bridge the rascals caught their first full sight of us as ...

— The Cavalier • George Washington Cable

... "I doubt it. One of his classmates would just tuck him under his arm and take him on home—or to the next lecture. Remember, they only weigh about four hundred pounds on Nansal, which is no more to them than fifty ...

— Islands of Space • John W Campbell

... something beyond three and twenty hours, since last we had slumber. And the Maid had the scrip and the pouch set to be for my pillow, and the bundle of her torn garment to be for her own. And she to have me to my pillow, and to tuck the cloak about me, and the Diskos to my hand; and afterward to kiss me very sedate upon the lips, and then to come in under the cloak, with a quiet and lovely happiness, as I did know; and to be gone to slumber very content ...

— The Night Land • William Hope Hodgson

... sigh gruffly when spoken to on this subject, and compare himself to a Dutch galliot that made more leeway than headway, even with a wind on the quarter. "Once," he would remark, "I was clipper-built, and could sail right in the wind's eye; but ever since I tuck this craft in tow, I've gone to leeward like a tub. In fact, I find there's only one way of going ahead with my Poll, and that is right before the wind! I used to yaw about a good deal at first, but she tuck that out o' me in a day or two. If I put the helm only so much ...

— The World of Ice • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... There now, they tuck into sweetmeats till they are full up, and then they crave for ...

— Redemption and Two Other Plays • Leo Tolstoy et al

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