The Meaning of tuck

• (n.) A long, narrow sword; a rapier.
• (n.) The beat of a drum.
• (v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.
• (v. t.) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
• (v. t.) To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket.
• (v. t.) To full, as cloth.
• (v. i.) To contract; to draw together.
• (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
• (n.) A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
• (n.) A pull; a lugging.
• (n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
• (n.) Food; pastry; sweetmeats.

Synonyms

rapier , insert , gather , pucker

Homophones

tuque

Rhymes

amok , amuck , bruck , buc , buck , canuck , chuck , chuck-a-luck , cluck , cruck , druck , duc , duck , duk , dumbstruck , fluck , fuck , gluck , guck , huck , hucke , kluck , kruck , kruk , kuc , kuck , kuk , luck , lucke , luk , megabuck , moonstruck , muck , pluck , potluck , puck , roebuck , ruck , schmuck , schuch , schuck , sculk , shuck , smuck , snuck , starstruck , struck , stuck , stucke , suck , suk , thunderstruck , truck , tuque , unstuck , wnuk , woodchuck , wruck , yuck , yuk , zuck , zuk