tuck
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Is tuck a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of tuck?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).transitive
2. (transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.Examples: "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."transitive
3. (intransitive, often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume.intransitiveoften
4. (ergative) To fit neatly.Examples: "The sofa tucks nicely into that corner. Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath."ergative
5. (LGBTQ, 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.Examples: "Honey, have you tucked today? We don’t wanna see anything nasty down there."usually
6. (when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
noun (English)
1. (sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.countableuncountable
2. (medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.Examples: "tummy tuck"countableuncountable
3. (music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) 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.countableuncountable
4. (diving, gymnastics) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.countableuncountable
5. (nautical) 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.countableuncountable
6. (British and India, dated, school slang, uncountable) Food, especially snack food.Examples: "'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.'"BritishIndiadateduncountable
noun (English)
1. (archaic) A rapier, a sword.Examples: "[…] 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 […]"; "[...] dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly. [...]"; "He wore large hose,[…] and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary