What is "tuck"

Tuck \Tuck\, n.

1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.

2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.

3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See Tug.
   --Life of A. Wood.

4. (Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang]
   --T. Hughes.

Tuck \Tuck\, v. i. To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]

Tuck \Tuck\, n. [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German origin, and akin to E. stock. See Stock.] A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.]
--Shak.

He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length.
--Sir W. Scot.

Tuck \Tuck\, n. [Cf. Tocsin.] The beat of a drum.
--Scot.

Tuck \Tuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tucking.] [OE. tukken, LG. tukken to pull up, tuck up, entice; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to draw with a short and quick motion, and E. tug. See Tug.]

1. To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves.

2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.

3. To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place; as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into a pocket.

4. [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. Tocsin.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]

late 14c., "to pull or gather up," earlier "to pluck, stretch" (implied in tucker "one who finishes clothes by stretching them on tenters, late 13c. as a surname), probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch tucken "pull up, draw up, tug" (cognate with Old English tucian "mistreat, torment," and related to Old English togian "to pull," German zucken; see tow (v.)). Sense of "thrust into a snug place" is first recorded 1580s. Slang meaning "to consume, swallow, put into one's stomach" is recorded from 1784. Related: Tucked; tucking.

late 14c., "flattened fold in clothing, pleat," from tuck (v.). As a folded-up diving position, from 1951.

Etymology 1 n. 1 An act of '''tucking'''; a pleat or fold. (From late 14thC.) 2 (context sewing English) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece. 3 A curled position. 4 (context medicine surgery English) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin. 5 (context music piano when playing scales on piano keys English) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb. 6 (context diving English) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body. vb. 1 (lb en transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric). (From 14^thc.) 2 (lb en transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden. (From 1580s.) 3 (lb en intransitive often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume. (From 1780s.) 4 (lb en ergative) To fit neatly. 5 To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs. 6 To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in. 7 To full, as cloth. 8 (lb en LGBT of a drag queen, transwoman, etc.) To conceal one’s genitals, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape. 9 (lb en when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb. Etymology 2

n. (context archaic English) A rapier, a sword. Etymology 3

n. The beat of a drum. Etymology 4

n. food, especially snack food.

1. n. eatables (especially sweets)

2. (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest

3. a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place

4. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges [syn: rapier]

1. v. fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirtail in" [syn: insert]

2. make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"

3. draw fabric together and sew it tightly [syn: gather, pucker]

Tuck may refer to:

Tuck is a nickname of:

• Everett E. Kelly (1898-1983), American college football player
• James McIntyre (footballer) (1863-1943), Scottish footballer
• George Tucker Tuck Stainback (1911-1992), American Major League Baseball player
• Thomas Syme (1928-2011), British ice hockey player
• George Tuck Turner (1866-1945), American Major League Baseball player

Tuck is a surname, borne by many people and institutions.

The name is related to Tucker and Tooke.

Tuck is a masculine name and sometimes nickname given to someone bearing the name of Tucker and also surprisingly, Devin or Devon in many countries around the world. The English surname Tuck is of patronymic origin, being one of those names that was based on the first name of the father. During the Middle Ages when the systems of surnames first developed, it was inevitable that children in the community would be known by their father’s name. In this case the name literally means “The son of Toke” Toke being a medieval personal name. In the Domesday Book of 1086 this first name was more generally rendered as Toka, hence this document mentions a “liber homo Stingandi Toka Francigine” (Toka the Frenchman) Records of this surname in England date back to the fourteenth century. The poll tax returns of Yorkshire, for example, mention a Thomas Tuke and a Johannes Tokson. In 1526 the Registers of the University of Oxford refer to one of their students as “Nicholas Toke, or Tocke, or Tuke which clearly indicates the various ways in which this surname can be rendered.

Tuck is also linked further back than the fourteenth century as originating from Nordic, Icelandic and other primitive island countries. This name has many variations through many different cultures that began between the 15th and 16th century. Included are Tuke, Tucka, Toke and Tuske. However, Tuck was primarily a name that began in Viking royalty and what was commonly referred to then as Cosmater as one of the last known Nordic leaders before the disbandment in 1372 A.D. Reaching the medieval periods in England it became more common as travel became less useful to the Nordic. Most of the remaining Nordic travelers found settlement in the English provinces and ended the Cosmatsership. Currently, the name Tuck has been expanded primarily into the common surname Tucker.

People with the surname include:

• Adolph Tuck (1854–1926), British fine art publisher
• Al Tuck (born 1966), Canadian songwriter and folksinger
• Amos Tuck (1810–1879), American politician and a founder of the Republican Party
• Amy Tuck (born 1963), American politician
• Anthony Tuck (born 1940), English historian
• Arthur Tuck (1901–1979), American track and field athlete who won the Oregon state high school track and field championship single-handedly
• Chris Tuck (born 1966), American politician
• Dick Tuck (born 1924), American former political consultant, campaign strategist, advance man and political prankster
• Donald H. Tuck (1922–2010), Australian bibliographer
• Edward Tuck (1842–1938), American banker and philanthropist
• Ernie Tuck (1939–2009), Australian applied mathematician
• Frank Tuck (born 1931), former Australian rules footballer
• Gary Tuck (born 1954), American baseball former player and coach
• George Tuck (1882–1954), American college basketball player
• Horace Tuck (1876–1951), British painter
• James Tuck (archaeologist), Canadian archaeologist
• James Tuck (cricketer) (1853–1918), English cricketer
• James L. Tuck (1910–1980), British physicist
• James Tuck (Canadian football) (born 1990), Canadian football player
• Jay Tuck (born 1945), American journalist, television producer and author
• Jessica Tuck (born 1963), American actress
• Justin Tuck (born 1983), American football player
• Lily Tuck (born 1938), American novelist and short story writer
• Marie Tuck (1866–1947), Australian artist and art educator
• Matthew Tuck, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine
• Michael Tuck (born 1953), Australian rules footballer
• Morgan Tuck (born 1994), American college basketball player
• Raphael Tuck (1910–1982), British Labour politician, academic and lawyer
• Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British Second World War fighter ace and test pilot
• Ruth Tuck (1914–2008), Australian painter
• Shane Tuck (born 1981), Australian rules footballer, son of Michael Tuck, brother of Travis Tuck
• Stuart Tuck (born 1975), English footballer
• Travis Tuck (born 1987), Australian rules footballer, son of Michael Tuck
• Travis Tuck (sculptor) (1943-2002), American metal sculptor
• Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1891-1967), American diplomat
• Wayne Tuck, Jr., Canadian curler
• William George Tuck (1900–1999), English watercolourist
• William M. Tuck (1896–1983), American politician

In sewing, a tuck is a fold or pleat in fabric that is sewn in place.

Small tucks, especially multiple parallel tucks, may be used to decorate clothing or household linens. When the tucks are very narrow, they are called pintucks or Pin-tucking.

Tucks are also used to shorten a finished garment, especially a child's garment, so that it may be lengthened ("let down") as the child grows by removing the stitching holding the tuck in place.

In Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Amy says:

Tucks, made easy with the invention of the sewing machine, were very popular as ornamentation in the latter half of the 19th century, especially in fine linen or cotton fabric for chemisettes, engageantes, blouses, lingerie, summer dresses, and children's garments. Tucks were also used to decorate heavier fabrics: a travelling suit of "rough cheviot" (sturdy wool) is described as having its skirt "tucked, each tuck two inches wide and two inches apart, eight tucks in all, box-pleating at the bottom."