tuck

[ UK /tˈʌk/ ]
[ US /ˈtək/ ]

VERB

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

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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.
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
In the meantime Esco workers will be stuck with a bad deal.
Instead, I was stuck in my little dorm room, answering the phone every time it rang in case it was Clay.
And when apriums - the babies of the pluots-plumcot family - hit the market, you can tuck them into a pillowy NPR Topics: News
Putting Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound is like putting a refinery in Yellowstone. The Volokh Conspiracy » Cape Wind Approved
The tuck shop has gone and sweets are not available on site. Times, Sunday Times
And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tucker bag Someday my prints will come… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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

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