tuck

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[[t]tʌk[/t]]

v. t.

1) to put into a small, close, or concealing place:

Tuck the money into your wallet; a house tucked away in the woods[/ex]

2) to thrust in the loose end or edge of so as to hold closely in place:

Tuck in your blouse[/ex]

3) to cover snugly in or as if in this manner:

She tucked the children into bed[/ex]

4) to draw or pull up into a fold or a folded arrangement:

to tuck up one's skirts[/ex]

5) clo to sew tucks in

6) inf Informal. to eat or drink:

to tuck away a big meal[/ex]

7) to draw together; contract; pucker

8) clo to make tucks

9) to fit securely or snugly

10) phv tuck into, to eat or start to eat with enthusiasm

11) something tucked or folded in

12) clo a fold made by doubling cloth upon itself and stitching parallel with the edge of the fold

13) spo a body position in diving and gymnastics in which the head is lowered and the knees and thighs held against the chest

14) spo a crouching position in skiing in which the ski poles are held close to the chest

15) inf srg inf a plastic surgery operation:

an ear tuck; a tummy tuck[/ex]

16) brit. food, esp. sweets

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME t(o) uken to stretch (cloth), torment, OE tūcian to torment; akin to MD, MLG tucken to tug, OHG zucchen to jerk (akin to tow I) II

tuck

[[t]tʌk[/t]] n. archaic

a rapier

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Etymology: 1500–10; earlier tocke III

tuck

[[t]tʌk[/t]] n. Chiefly Scot.

scot. a drumbeat

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Etymology: 1300–50; ME tukken to beat, sound