Tuck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tuck	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tuck n eatables (especially sweets) (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges Synonym(s): rapier, tuck v fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in" Synonym(s): tuck, insert make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet" draw together into folds or puckers Synonym(s): gather, pucker, tuck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuck \Tuck\, v. i. To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuck \Tuck\, n. [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German origin, and akin to E. stock. See {Stock}.] A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] --Shak. He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. --Sir W. Scot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuck \Tuck\, n. 1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait. 2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also {tuck-net}. 3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See {Tug}. --Life of A. Wood. 4. (Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern. 5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuck \Tuck\, n. [Cf. {Tocsin}.] The beat of a drum. --Scot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tuck \Tuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tucking}.] [OE. tukken, LG. tukken to pull up, tuck up, entice; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to draw with a short and quick motion, and E. tug. See {Tug}.] 1. 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. 2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress. 3. 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. 4. [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. {Tocsin}.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]