tuck

IPA: tˈʌk

An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
(sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
A curled position.
(medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
(music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
(diving) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
(nautical) The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
(archaic) A rapier, a sword.
The beat of a drum.
(Britain, dated, school slang, India) Food, especially snack food.
A surname.
A diminutive of the male given name Tucker.

(transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
(transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
(intransitive, often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume.
(ergative) To fit neatly.
To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
To full, as cloth.
(LGBT, 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.
(when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
(aviation) Ellipsis of Mach tuck. [(aviation, aerodynamics) To experience Mach tuck.]

Examples of "tuck" in Sentences

But "tuck -- _tuck_!" chirped the sparrows, at the little maiden's side;
Citing the so-called tuck rule, the officials allowed the Patriots to keep the ball.
"Berry good," says I. "You don't 'spect to hab your name tuck offen dem chu'ch books?"
They've tended to be relatively modest and small in nature, what I would call tuck-ins.
He said Medtronic could add so-called tuck-in acquisitions to complement current businesses.
It continued to make what it calls tuck-in investments -- small acquisitions that would not dilute the culture of the company.
I is wifout egemency supplies, but here is mah garden trowel. *scoop scoop scoop, tuck tuck tuck* I hopes u don mine a liddel potting soil in wif ur braynes, Maus.
And the very small firms, the ones that we internally refer to them -- we've talked, we've presented this as a, what we call a tuck in, which are primarily resources.
The Deacon suggested that Irvin tuck 5 - x 7-inch index cards into his jacket pocket if it would help him stay within the 15-minute window organizers allotted for each enshrinee.