Tuck

Quick meaning: Tuck is a verb meaning (transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).

Meaning

(transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.
2. (intransitive, often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume.
3. (ergative) To fit neatly.
4. To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
5. To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
6. To full, as cloth.
7. (ambitransitive, LGBTQ) 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.

Example Sentences

to tuck a dress

She tucked her hair behind her ear.

The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.

Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.

Word Forms

• tucks
• tucking
• tucked

Synonyms for tuck

Depending on context, synonyms include gather, pucker, insert.

Antonyms for tuck

Common opposites include untuck.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pucker, insert, gather, fold, table, ply.

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