Category:Tuck

Tuck, n. Etym: [f. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of german origin, and Akin to e. stock. See stock.]

Defn: 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.

Tuck Tuck, n. Etym: [cf. Tocsin.]

Defn: the beat of a drum. Scot.

Tuck Tuck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tucking.] Etym: [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. Etym: [perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to Touch. Cf. Tocsin.]

Defn: to full, as cloth. [prov. Eng.]

Tuck Tuck, v. i.

Defn: to contract; to draw together. [obs.]

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.)

Defn: the part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet Under the stern.

5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [slang] t. Hughes.