tucker
noun
- food, meal; provisions
noun
- narrow piece of linen or lace worn by women to fill in a low neckline, from the 17th-19th centuries
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈtʌkə(ɹ)/ / /ˈtʌkɚ/ / /ˈtʌkə/ / [ˈtʰʌkə]
name
- A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
“Jackson Sparks and his brother, Tucker, were both struck.”
“Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment.”
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“In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending church was arrested after ICE agents arrived, pastor Luis Ortiz told CNN. He said he was in the middle of his sermon when he noticed a couple of members of his church escort the man out.”
- A number of places in the United States:
- A number of places in the United States:
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English tukere English tucker Inherited from Middle English tukere (“one who dresses or finishes cloth”).
- Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
““And, ma′am,” he continued, “the laundress tells me some of the girls have two clean tuckers in the week: it is too much; the rules limit them to one.” “I think I can explain that circumstance, sir. Agnes and Catherine Johnstone were invited to take tea with some friends at Lowton last Thursday, and I gave them leave to put on clean tuckers for the occasion.””
““Now let us go home, and never mind Aunt March to-day. We can run down there any time, and it′s really a pity to trail through the dust in our best bibs and tuckers, when we are tired and cross.””
- A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
verb
Etymology: From tuck + -er.
- To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
“Man, I’m so tuckered from my run today.”