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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. (sport) 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

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, stitch up, sword, turn up, victual, victuals, vittle [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Tuck, Michael