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tuck

noun

1 tuck

Eatables (especially sweets).

Roget 258: fold, plicature, plait, pleat, ply, crease; tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, ... show more

2 tuck

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 tuck

A narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place.

Dutch: oprijg, zoom

4 tuck

A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.

synonym: rapier.

Roget 727: arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature; panoply, stand of arms; armor etc. (defense) 717; armory ... show more

Dutch: degen, rapier
Polish: rapier

verb

1 tuck

Fit snugly into:
— Tuck your shirttail in.

synonym: insert.

2 tuck

Make a tuck or several folds in.

3 tuck

Draw together into folds or puckers.

synonyms: gather, pucker.

Roget 258: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: birr, bread, chow, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, dog-ear, double, double over, doubling, duplicature, eats, enfold, feed, flection, flexure, flounce, flute, fold ... show more.

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