noun · countable / uncountable · rare

tuck

tuck · tucks

шпага, рапира

Florett, Rapier, Stoßdegen

An act of tucking; a pleat or foldAn act of tucking; a pleat or fold.

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/tʌk/

» Tom tucked Mary into bed.

Том уложил Мэри спать.

Том поклав Мері спати.

Meaning

10 senses

(countable, uncountable)An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
(countable, uncountable)A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
(countable, uncountable)A curled position.
(countable, uncountable)A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
tummy tuck
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(India, UK, dated, uncountable)Food, especially snack food.
The beat of a drum.
(archaic)A rapier, a sword.

Examples

76 sentences

Tom tucked Mary into bed.
Том поклав Мері спати.
ruТом уложил Мэри спать.
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Tom tucked his son into bed.
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You should tuck your shirt in.
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He tucked the napkin under his chin.
ruОн закрепил салфетку под подбородком.
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He tucked the handkerchief in his pocket.
ruОн сунул платок в карман.
deEr stopfte das Taschentuch in seine Tasche.
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Origin

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūc

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.

From Old French estoc (“rapier”), from Italian stocco (“a truncheon, a short sword”). Doublet of estoc.

Compare tocsin.

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