Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A long, narrow sword; a rapier.
- 2noun
The beat of a drum.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
- 5transitive 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.
- 6transitive verb
To full, as cloth.
- 7intransitive verb
To contract; to draw together.
- 8noun
A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
- 9noun
A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
- 10noun
A pull; a lugging.
- 11noun
The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
- 12noun
Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
- 13noun
a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
Synonyms
- 14noun
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
- 15noun
(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
- 16noun
eatables (especially sweets)
- 17verb
draw together into folds or puckers
- 18verb
fit snugly into
"insert your ticket into the slot"
"tuck your shirttail in"
Synonyms
- 19verb
make a tuck or several folds in
"tuck the fabric"
"tuck in the sheet"
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