tuck-in

To tuck in is to pull the bed covers up and over someone as part of a bedtime routine.

(verb)

An example of tuck in is when a parent pulls a child's covers up to his chin and then kisses him goodnight.

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See tuck-in in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Brit., Informal a meal, esp. a hearty one

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