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UK
/tˈʌk/
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[ US /ˈtək/ ]
[ US /ˈtək/ ]
VERB
- draw together into folds or puckers
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fit snugly into
insert your ticket into the slot
tuck your shirttail in -
make a tuck or several folds in
tuck the fabric
tuck in the sheet
NOUN
- a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
- eatables (especially sweets)
- (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
- a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
How To Use tuck In A Sentence
- I stuck some in once when we were a bit short and the old bat threatened to stop it out of my wages.
- Halpern kept his arms crossed and eyes forward, while Ren was grinning and tucking a few stray hairs up under a mesh caul.
- In the meantime Esco workers will be stuck with a bad deal.
- But it is worthwhile teasing this apart a little, unbinding the different aspects of rhetorics lumped together in one component and separating out the semiotic layering (i.e. the use of metaphor and metonym) stuck in with the second. On the Sublime
- Instead, I was stuck in my little dorm room, answering the phone every time it rang in case it was Clay.
- One for the latex lovers in your life, this anniversary alternative event is circus-themed, but remember to peel off your strongman's handlebar 'tache if you want to tuck into the birthday cake in the chillout room. Clubs picks of the week
- So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too. Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
- Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
- If the reform stuck to a market-based insurance system - so went the reasoning - access could be within reach of more people without causing disruptions to those benefiting from the status quo. Anja Rudiger: With all eyes on the 'market,' health reform overlooked human rights
- Occasionally rorqual skulls have been discovered in which the long lower jaws have been stuck wedged inside various of the skull openings and with their tips protruding like tusks. From cigar to elongated, bloated tadpole: rorquals part II