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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
(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.
(countable, uncountable) A curled position.
(countable, uncountable) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
tummy tuck
(countable, qualifier:piano; when playing scales on piano keys; piano; when playing scales on piano keys, 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.
(countable, uncountable) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
(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.
(India, UK, dated, qualifier:school slang, uncountable) Food, especially snack food.
'What on earth do Coker and his parcel of tuck matter to us? You're not thinking of snooping his tuck, I suppose, like Bunter.' 1956, Charles Hamilton, The Banishing of Billy Bunter:
cs sámek (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · bg подгъв (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · mi whakahoi (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · bg подгъване (act of tucking) · cmn 縫褶 /缝褶 (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · fi laskos (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · cmn 牙籤褶 /牙签褶 (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · fi vekkaus (act of tucking) · ca sacsó (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · fi muna-asento (curled position) · cs záševek (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · fi sisäänveto (sewing: fold stitched from end to end) · bg група (diving: curled position) · fi keräasento (diving: curled position)
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
(transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
Tuck in your shirt. I tucked in the sheet. He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.
It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
She tucked her hair behind her ear.
(intransitive, often, with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume.
(ergative) To fit neatly.
Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.
The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.
To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.
To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
to tuck a dress
To full, as cloth.
(ambitransitive) Of a drag queen, trans woman, etc., to conceal one's penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.
To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing piano keys that are outside the thumb (when playing scales).
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Mach tuck.
es encajar (fit neatly) · cs zasunout (place somewhere safe or hidden) · cy twcio (place somewhere safe or hidden) · cs nabrat (sew folds) · mr खोवणे (push the end of fabric out of sight) · ru подвора́чивать (push the end of fabric out of sight) · hu bedug (place somewhere safe or hidden) · cs zastrčit (place somewhere safe or hidden) · ru засучи́ть (push the end of fabric out of sight) · fi laittaa (push the end of fabric out of sight) · es hacer dobladillo (push the end of fabric out of sight) · hu betűr (push the end of fabric out of sight) · fi mennä kerälle (curl into a ball; fold up and hold one's legs) · fi pistää (place somewhere safe or hidden) · fi piilottaa (place somewhere safe or hidden) · mi koroheihei (push the end of fabric out of sight) · it rannicchiarsi (curl into a ball; fold up and hold one's legs) · ru засо́вывать (place somewhere safe or hidden) · fi laittaa (place somewhere safe or hidden) · cy twcio (push the end of fabric out of sight) · cs vsunout (push the end of fabric out of sight) · fi ommella käänteitä (sew folds) · ru засу́нуть (place somewhere safe or hidden) · es resguardar (place somewhere safe or hidden) · it pieghettare (sew folds) · mi hume (push the end of fabric out of sight) · cy twcio (fit neatly) · ru засу́чивать (push the end of fabric out of sight) · cy plygu (push the end of fabric out of sight) · mi koroheihei (place somewhere safe or hidden) · fr rentrer (push the end of fabric out of sight) · bg смотавам (place somewhere safe or hidden) · hu dug (place somewhere safe or hidden) · it rimboccare (push the end of fabric out of sight) · gd trus (push the end of fabric out of sight) · pl włożyć (push the end of fabric out of sight) · cs zastrčit (push the end of fabric out of sight) · mr खोचणे (place somewhere safe or hidden) · it infilare (place somewhere safe or hidden) · cs dělat sámky (sew folds) · cs vsunout (place somewhere safe or hidden) · cs udělat sámky (sew folds) · cmn 打褶 (sew folds) · it incastrare (fit neatly) · bg скривам (place somewhere safe or hidden) · it ripiegare (push the end of fabric out of sight) · ka ჩატანიება (push the end of fabric out of sight) · it incastrarsi (fit neatly) · hu tűr (push the end of fabric out of sight) · bg поръбвам (sew folds) · cs zasunout (push the end of fabric out of sight) · cs zřasit (sew folds) · fi sopia (fit neatly) · it adattarsi (fit neatly) · mi whakahoi (sew folds) · ru подверну́ть (push the end of fabric out of sight) · mr खोवणे (place somewhere safe or hidden) · fr tucker (conceal one's penis) · fi sovittaa (fit neatly) · it ripiegare (place somewhere safe or hidden) · fi istua (fit neatly) · bg подгъвам (push the end of fabric out of sight) · pt aquendar (conceal one's penis) · mr खोचणे (push the end of fabric out of sight) · es trucarse (conceal one's penis) · pl wkładać (push the end of fabric out of sight)
From Old French estoc (“rapier”), from Italian stocco (“a truncheon, a short sword”). Doublet of estoc.
Meanings
(archaic) A rapier, a sword.
[...] dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly. [...] c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
He wore large hose,[…] and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. 1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, →OCLC:
[…] with force he labour'd / To free's blade from retentive scabbard; / And after many a painful pluck, / From rusty durance he bail'd tuck […] 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC: