tuck
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- 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.
Noun
- 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.
Proper noun
- A surname.
- A diminutive of the male given name Tucker.
- An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States.
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