TUCK

Definitions for the word, tuck

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

(n.) A long, narrow sword; a rapier.

(n.) A pull; a lugging.

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

(n.) Food; pastry; sweetmeats.

(n.) The beat of a drum.

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

(v. i.) To contract; to draw together.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To full, as cloth.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.