tucker
[tuk′ər]
noun
- a person or device that makes tucks
- a neck and shoulder covering worn with a low-cut bodice by women in the 17th and 18th cent.
- later, a detachable collar or chemisette of thin muslin, etc.
- Austral., Slang food
Origin of tucker
Middle English toukere, person who dresses cloth stretched on tenterhooks ; from touken: see tuck☆
transitive verb
Informal to tire (out); weary
Origin of tucker
probably ; from tuck, in obsolete sense “to punish, rebuke”tucker
noun
- One that tucks, especially an attachment on a sewing machine for making tucks.
- A piece of linen or frill of lace formerly worn by women around the neck and shoulders.
transitive verb
tuck·ered, tuck·er·ing, tuck·ers Informal To make weary; exhaust. Usually used with out.
Origin of tucker
Perhaps from tuck1.tucker
Verb
(third-person singular simple present tuckers, present participle tuckering, simple past and past participle tuckered)
- To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
Noun
(plural tucker)
- (countable) One who or that which tucks.
- (uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) Food.
Noun
(plural tuckers)
- (countable) Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
Origin
Middle English tokker (“one who dresses or finishes cloth”)
Proper noun
- A south-western English occupational surname; equivalent to Fuller.
- A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.
