Found 7 hits - Term: tuck, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tuck \tuck\, n. cf. tocsin.
the beat of a drum. --scot.
1913 webster
see also:
tocsin
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
2. to make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
4. perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. f. toquer to
touch. cf. tocsin. to full, as cloth. prov. eng.
1913 webster
see also:
tucked tucking tug tocsin
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tuck \tuck\, v. i.
to contract; to draw together. obs.
1913 webster
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tuck \tuck\, n.
1. a horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to
shorten it; a plait.
1913 webster
2. a small net used for taking fish from a larger one; --
called also tuck-net.
1913 webster
3. a pull; a lugging. obs. see tug. --life of a. wood.
1913 webster
4. naut. the part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom
planks meet under the stern.
1913 webster
5. food; pastry; sweetmeats. slang --t. hughes.
1913 webster
see also:
tuck-net tug
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
he wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called,
or rapier, of tremendous length. --sir w. scot.
1913 webster
see also:
stock
- [6] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tuck
n 1: eatables especially sweets
2: 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
3: a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
4: a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges syn: rapier
v 1: fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck
your shirtail in" syn: insert
2: make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in
the sheet"
3: draw fabric together and sew it tightly syn: gather, pucker
see also:
rapier insert gather pucker
- [7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
53 moby thesaurus words for "tuck":
birr, bread, chow, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, dog-ear, double,
double over, doubling, duplicature, eats, enfold, feed, flection,
flexure, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, frill, gather, go, grub,
hardihood, infold, interfold, lap over, lapel, lappet, meat, moxie,
pep, plait, plat, pleat, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply,
potency, provender, quill, ruche, ruching, ruff, ruffle, scoff,
turn over, twill, vigor
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