transitive verb

1. to pull up or gather up in a fold or folds; draw together so as to make shorter to tuck up one's skirt for wading
2. to sew a fold or folds in (a garment)
3. 1. to thrust the edges of (a sheet, napkin, shirt, etc.) under or in, in order to make secure: usually with up, in, etc.
   2. to cover or wrap snugly in or as in this way to tuck a baby in bed
4. to put or press snugly into a small space; cram; fit to tuck shoes in a suitcase
5. 1. to put into an empty or convenient place
   2. to put into a secluded or isolated spot a cabin tucked in the hills
6. to put (one's legs) in the position of a tuck ()

Etymology: ME tuken < MDu tucken, to tuck & OE tucian, to ill-treat, lit., to tug, akin to Ger zucken, to jerk: for IE base see tug

intransitive verb

1. to draw together; pucker
2. to make tucks

noun

1. a sewed fold in a garment, for shortening or decoration
2. the part of a ship under the stern where the ends of the bottom planks meet
3. a position of the body, esp. in diving, in which the knees are drawn up tightly to the chest
4. Brit., Slang food; esp., sweets: used mainly by schoolchildren
5. Informal plastic surgery, esp. for cosmetic reasons, in which excess skin or fat is removed from the lower abdomen, from around the eyes, etc.

noun

Etymology: Fr estoc < OFr estoquier < MDu stocken, to stick, pierce, poke < stok: see stock

transitive verb

Etymology: ME tukken < NormFr toker, toquer, var. of OFr toucher, to touch

noun

noun