Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
tuck (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to pull up into a fold
b) to make a tuck in
2.
to put into a snug often concealing or isolating place - a cottage tucked away in the hill
3.
a) to push in the loose end of so as to hold tightly - tuck in your shirt
b) to cover by in bedclothes - tucking usually used with in
4.
- eat usually used with away or in tucked away a big lunch
5.
intransitive verb
to put into a tuck position
1.
to draw together into or folds - tucks
2.
to eat or drink heartily - usually used with into tucked into their beer and pretzels
3.
to fit snugly
1.
a fold stitched into cloth to shorten, decorate, or control fullness
2.
the part of a vessel where the ends of the lower planks meet under the stern
3.
a) an act or instance of - tucking
b) something or to be tucked in - tucked
4.
a) a body position (as in diving) in which the knees are bent, the thighs drawn tightly to the chest, and the hands clasped around the shins
b) a skiing position in which the skier squats forward and holds the ski poles under the arms and parallel to the ground
5.
a cosmetic surgical operation for the removal of excess skin or fat from a body part - a tummy tuck
a sound of or as if of a drumbeat
archaic - rapier
- vigor energy seemed to kind of take the tuck all out of me Mark Twain
