tuck
tuck is a 4-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A long, narrow sword; a rapier. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A long, narrow sword; a rapier.
- noun. The beat of a drum.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To full, as cloth.
- intransitive verb. To contract; to draw together.
- noun. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
- noun. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
- noun. A pull; a lugging.
- noun. The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
- noun. Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
- noun. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
- noun. a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
- noun. (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
- noun. eatables (especially sweets)
- verb. draw together into folds or puckers
- verb. fit snugly into
"insert your ticket into the slot"
"tuck your shirttail in"
- verb. make a tuck or several folds in
"tuck the fabric"
"tuck in the sheet"
Synonyms
rapier, gather, pucker, insert
Common word forms
tucks, tucked, tucker, tucking
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