tuck

name

1. A surname.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Tucker.
3. An unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States.

noun

Etymology: Compare tocsin.

1. The beat of a drum.

verb

Etymology: 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.

1. To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
2. To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden.

   “Tuck in your shirt.  I tucked in the sheet.  He tucked the $10 bill into his shirt pocket.”

   “She tucked her hair behind her ear.”

3. To eat; to consume.
4. To fit neatly.

   “The sofa tucks nicely into that corner.”

   “Kenwood House is tucked into a corner of Hampstead Heath.”

5. To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.

   “The diver tucked, flipped, and opened up at the last moment.”

6. To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.

   “to tuck a dress”

7. To full, as cloth.
8. 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.

   “Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.”

9. To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing piano keys that are outside the thumb (when playing scales).
10. Ellipsis of Mach tuck.

    “Never take a first-generation Learjet past Mach 0.82; it'll tuck hard nose-down and you won't be able to pull out from the dive.”