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Verb: tuck  túk
  1. Fit snugly into
    "tuck your shirttail in"
    - insert
     
  2. Make a tuck or several folds in
    "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"
     
  3. Draw together into folds or puckers
    - gather, pucker
Noun: tuck  túk
  1. [Brit] 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
    - rapier

Derived forms: tucking, tucks, tucked

See also: tucker

Type of: attitude, blade, brand, close in, comestible, eatable, edible, enclose, fold, fold up, inclose, pabulum, plait, pleat, position, posture, run up, sew, sew together, shut in, steel, stitch, sword, turn up, victual, victuals