tuck
/tʌk/ verb C1- To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
- 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.· She tucked her hair behind her ear.
- To eat; to consume.
- To fit neatly. · The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.· Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.
- 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.
- 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.
He/she/it tucks · Past tucked · Past participle tucked · -ing form tucking
Verb forms
- Base form
- tuck
- He/she/it
- tucks
- Past
- tucked
- Past participle
- tucked
- -ing form
- tucking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- tuck away To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a sa...
- tuck in To eat heartily.
- tuck in To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); t...
- tuck into To eat, especially with gusto.
- tuck out to dangle free; to be untucked
- tuck up To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); t...
From the library
Stitching tucks and mending tears,
All the little wood things--the ferns and the satin leaves and the crackerberries--have gone to sleep, just as if somebody had tucked them away until spring under a blanket of leaves.
I was simply wild to know how it turned out--although I felt sure Ben Hur must win, because it wouldn’t be poetical justice if he didn’t--so I spread the history open on my desk lid and then tucked Ben Hur between the desk and my knee.
The green dress was made up with as many tucks and frills and shirrings as Emily’s taste permitted.
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