tuck in

tuck ¹  (tk)

v. tucked, tuck·ing, tucks

v.tr.

1. To make one or more folds in: tucked the pleats before sewing the hem.

2. To gather up and fold, thrust, or turn in so as to secure or confine: She tucked her scarf into her blouse.

3.

a. To put in a snug spot.

b. To put in an out-of-the-way, snug place: a cabin that was tucked among the pines.

c. To store in a safe spot; save: tuck away a bit of lace; tuck away millions.

4.

a. To draw in; contract: He tucked his chin into his chest.

b. Sports To bring (a body part) into a tuck position.

v.intr.

To make tucks.

n.

1. The act of tucking.

2. A flattened pleat or fold, especially a very narrow one stitched in place.

3. Nautical The part of a ship's hull under the stern where the ends of the bottom planks come together.

4. Sports

a. A bodily position used in some sports, such as diving, in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest, with the hands often clasped around the shins.

b. A position in skiing in which the skier squats while holding the poles parallel to the ground and under the arms.

5. Chiefly British Food, especially sweets and pastry.

Phrasal Verbs:

tuck away/into Informal

To consume (food) heartily.

tuck in

To make (a child, for example) secure in bed for sleep, especially by tucking bedclothes into the bed.

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[Middle English tukken, possibly from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch tocken, tucken.]

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tuck ²  (tk)

n.

A beat or tap, especially on a drum.

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[From Middle English tukken, to beat a drum, from Old North French toquer, to strike, from Vulgar Latin *toccre.]

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tuck ³  (tk)

n. Archaic

A slender sword; a rapier.

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[Perhaps from French dialectal étoc, from Old French estoc, of Germanic origin.]

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tuck ⁴  (tk)

n.

Energy; vigor.

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[Origin unknown.]

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tuck in

vb (adverb)

1. (tr) Also tuck into to put to bed and make snug

2. (tr) to thrust the loose ends or sides of (something) into a confining space tuck the blankets in

3. (intr) Also tuck into Informal to eat, esp heartily

n tuck-in

(Cookery) Brit informal a meal, esp a large one

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

tuck in - eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza" tuck away, put away eat up, polish off, finish - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"

Translations

? tuck in

vi (Brit inf) → zulangen, reinhauen (inf); tuck in! → langt zu!, haut rein! (inf); to tuck into something → sich (dat) → etw schmecken lassen

vt sep

flap etc → hineinstecken, reinstecken (inf); sheet also → an den Seiten feststecken; to tuck one’s shirt in(to) one’s trousers, to tuck one’s shirt in → das Hemd in die Hose stecken; tuck your tummy in! → zieh den Bauch ein!

to tuck somebody in → jdn zudecken; to tuck somebody into bed → jdn ins Bett stecken