EGAVE

tuck

About 1.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To pull or gather up (an item of fabric). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. verb To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
    Tuck in your shirt. I tucked in the sheet. He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.
  3. verb To eat; to consume.
  4. verb To fit neatly.
    The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.
  5. verb To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
    The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.
  6. verb To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
    to tuck a dress
  7. verb To full, as cloth.
  8. verb Of a drag queen, trans woman, etc., to conceal one's penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
    Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.

Similar words

pucker insert gather fold table ply crease jump target kiss

Often followed by

the in it and them a your her into

Word family

tucked tucking tucks

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