tuck

Meanings

Plural: tucks

Noun

• eatables (especially sweets)
• (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
• a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
• a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
• An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
• A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
• A curled position.
• A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
• 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.
• A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
• 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.
• Food, especially snack food.
• A rapier, a sword.
• The beat of a drum.

Verb

• fit snugly into
  • "tuck your shirttail in"
• make a tuck or several folds in
  • "tuck the fabric"
  • "tuck in the sheet"
• draw together into folds or puckers
• To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
• To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
• To eat; to consume.
• To fit neatly.
• To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
• To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
• To full, as cloth.
• To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
• To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
• Ellipsis of Mach tuck.

Synonyms

gather, insert, pucker, rapier

Antonyms

untuck

Related Words

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