6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  make  a  tuck  or  tucks  in  as  to  tuck  a  dress. 
 
  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. 
 
  4.  [Perhaps  originally,  to  strike,  beat:  cf  F.  toquer  to 
  touch.  Cf  {Tocsin}.]  To  full,  as  cloth.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tuck  \Tuck\,  v.  i. 
  To  contract;  to  draw  together.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tuck  \Tuck\,  n. 
  1.  A  horizontal  sewed  fold,  such  as  is  made  in  a  garment,  to 
  shorten  it  a  plait. 
 
  2.  A  small  net  used  for  taking  fish  from  a  larger  one  -- 
  called  also  {tuck-net}. 
 
  3.  A  pull  a  lugging.  [Obs.]  See  {Tug}.  --Life  of  A.  Wood. 
 
  4.  (Naut.)  The  part  of  a  vessel  where  the  ends  of  the  bottom 
  planks  meet  under  the  stern. 
 
  5.  Food;  pastry;  sweetmeats.  [Slang]  --T.  Hughes. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  He  wore  large  hose,  and  a  tuck,  as  it  was  then  called 
  or  rapier,  of  tremendous  length.  --Sir  W.  Scot. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tuck  \Tuck\,  n.  [Cf.  {Tocsin}.] 
  The  beat  of  a  drum.  --Scot. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tuck 
  n  :  a  narrow  flattened  pleat  or  fold  that  is  stitched  in  place 
  v  1:  fit  snugly  into  [syn:  {insert}] 
  2:  pull  up  or  draw  into  a  fold;  "tuck  the  sheets" 
  3:  make  a  tuck  or  several  folds  in  "tuck  the  fabric" 
  4:  draw  fabric  together  and  sew  it  tightly  [syn:  {gather},  {pucker}] 

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