tuckn.1
/tʌk/, U.S. /tək/ 1. A fold or pleat in drapery; †in quot. 1613, a plait of the hair (obsolete); (now) spec. a flattened fold (or one of several parallel folds) in a garment, secured by stitching, either to shorten the article or for ornamentation. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > [noun] > pleating > a pleat
plait1440
prank1440
pinchc1450
plightc1450
pleata1529
tuck1532
lipea1600
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > pleated fabric > pleat
plait1440
pinchc1450
plightc1450
pleata1529
tuck1532
lipea1600
box pleat1857
accordion pleat1884
organ pipe1890
knife-pleat1891
sunburst1897
pin tuck1902
knife-plait1911
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits
tracec1380
plight?1387
tressa1400
plexc1450
braid1530
tuck1532
buoy-rope1546
trammels1589
entrammelling1598
border1601
point1604
pleat?1606
trammelets1654
maze1657
brede1696
queue1724
pigtail?1725
tie1725
cue1731
tuck-up1749
tutulus1753
club1786
tail1799
French twist1850
Grecian plait1851
French plait1871
horse's tail1873
Gretchen braid, plait1890
shimada1910
ponytail1916
French braid1937
cane row1939
dreadlocks1960
French pleat1964
Tom Jones1964
corn row1971
dread1984
club-pigtail-
1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxi That no ianglyng may greue the lest tucke of thy hemmes.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Alforza de vestido A plaite in a garment, a tucke.
1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. A4 Her tresses in tucks, braided with siluer.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Towk, a take up in ladies' clothing.
1861 Gloucestershire Chron. 21 Sept. ‘What do you do when you have outgrown your clothes? You throw them aside, don't you?’ ‘Oh, no’, replied the little girl, ‘we let out the tucks’.
1878 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Jan. 17/2 We had an iron-clad chicken... He ought to have been put through a quartz mill until the ‘tuck’ was taken out of him.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 501/2 Tucks..are parallel folds of material, lying.. on any article of dress,..either for shortening a garment, or for the purpose of ornamentation.
1893 H. Frederic Copperhead (1894) 188 ‘It jest took the tuck out of everything,’ said Marcellus, relating these tragic events to me.
1910 N.Y. Evening Post 10 Nov. 1 The sight of a wounded man lying on the pavement seemed to take the tuck out of the mob.
2. The gathering of the ends of the bottom planks of a ship under the stern; that part of the hull where the bottom planks are collected and terminated by the tuck-rail (see Compounds).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > gathering of bottom planks at
tucka1625
a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) Ye Tuck, the word is significant for it is (as you would saie) the verie gathering vp of the Ships quarter, vnder water.
a1687 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. i, in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions (1691) 120 The..Stern-post, and Dead-rising up the Tuck.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4510/7 The Hoy Burthen 9 or 10 Tun,..Moon shap'd in her Sleir, with a square Tuck.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. viii. 114 He's built like a Dutch schuyt, great breadth of beam, and very square tuck.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 157 The tuck, the aft-part of the ship where the ends of the planks of the bottom are terminated by the tuck-rail.
3. Fishing. Short for tuck-net n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net > small net inside
tuck-net1520
tuck1602
tuck-seine1825
spiller1884
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 The Tucke..is narrower meashed, and..with a long bunt in the midst.
1865 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands IV. 91 To take up the fish [pilchards]..the principal sean is left undisturbed, while the volyer passes within the enclosure and lays its sean, termed the Tuck, round the former on the inner side; and then the latter is drawn together so as gradually to contract the space and raise the fish to the surface.
4. A pluck, twitch, pull, tug; in quot. 1648 referring to the ‘tucking’ of freshmen at Oxford: see tuck v.1 4b. Now only dialect.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > a sudden or sharp pull
tita1425
pluck1440
twitching1478
twitch?1523
tuck1648
twang1721
twiga1800
twerk1820
yank1888
1648 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 139 Nothing was given him but salted drink..with tucks to boot.
1805 A. Scott Poems 105 (Jam.) Whan thou had fairly pass'd the clips, An' a' the taylor's tukes an' nips.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Took, touk, towk, a tug, pluck, pull: ‘He gied her sleeve a bit took’.
5.
a. The thrusting in of the ends or edges of anything so as to secure them in position. Also with in.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [noun] > tucking
tuck1852
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) xiii She ever and anon came to the bedside, and smoothed and arranged something about the bed-clothes, and gave a tuck here and there.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ii. 18 That sentinel, smartly giving his rolled shirt-sleeves an extra..tuck on his shoulders.
1900 Daily Mail 5 Feb. 7/1 The guimpe or tiny tuck-in chemisette.
b. A flap on one cover of a book, which folds over and is tucked in a band or the like on the other cover, serving to keep the book closed.
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > parts of cover
lettering piece1783
joint1835
square1835
turn-in1873
tuck1880
doublure1886
paste-down1888
tuck-cover1893
pocket1900
1880 Printing Trades Jrnl. No. 32. 30 A double tuck, rendering a clasp of any description unnecessary.
1893 [see tuck-cover n. at Compounds]. 6.
a. slang. Usually tuck-out (also tuck-in): A hearty meal; esp. in school use, a feast of delicacies, a ‘blowout’.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > big or substantial meal
gramaungerec1400
opsonation1623
feast1624
bouffagea1682
feed1808
hakari1823
tuck-out1823
nyam1828
tightener1829
inside lining1851
square1882
stoke-up1955
nosh-up1963
pigout1978
greeze1984
the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun]
farmeOE
feasta1200
gesteningc1200
mangerc1390
mangerya1400
junkerya1425
banquet1483
convive1483
gestonyea1500
junketa1500
festine1520
Maundy1533
junketing1577
entertainmenta1616
entertain1620
regalo1622
treatmenta1656
treat1659
regale1670
regality1672
festino1741
spreadation1780
spread1822
blowout1823
tuck-out1823
burst1849
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun]
womb-joyc1300
feastinga1325
messing1340
comessationa1425
cheeringc1443
mangerya1470
epulation1542
junketing1555
coshering1577
coshery1582
collationing1652
potlatching1865
tuck-in1886
1823 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. 232 He, being inclined for a tuck out, repaired where he was likely to meet with oysters.
1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxviii Tell my steward to give them a good tuck-out and a glass of grog.
1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. xv. 290 We meant to save all our money for the tuck.
1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 172 I was at the dessert; and a jolly good tuck I had, besides.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. ix. 119 We will have a solid, staunch tuck-in.
b. Food, eatables; esp. delicacies, as sweet-stuff, pastry, jam, etc. (School slang). Cf. tucker n.1 5b.
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the world > food and drink > food > [noun]
meateOE
eatOE
foodOE
fodderOE
dietc1230
gista1290
victual1303
victualsa1375
preya1382
feedinga1398
pasturea1398
viancea1400
viandsc1400
livingc1405
meatingc1425
vitalyc1440
vianda1450
cates1461
vivers1536
viandry1542
viander1543
gut-matter1549
peck1567
belly-cheer1579
appast1580
manchet1583
chat1584
belly-metal1590
repasture1598
cibaries1599
belly-timber1607
belly-cheat1608
peckage1610
victuallage1622
keeping1644
vivresa1650
crib1652
prog1655
grub1659
beef1661
fooding1663
teething1673
eatablea1687
sunket1686
yam1788
chow-chow1795
keep1801
feed1818
grubbing1819
patter1824
ninyam1826
nyam1828
grubbery1831
tack1834
kai1845
mungaree1846
scoff1846
foodstuff1847
chuck1850
muckamuck1852
tuck1857
tucker1858
hash1865
nosh1873
jock1879
cake flour1881
chow1886
nosebag1888
stodge1890
food aid1900
tackle1900
munga1907
scarf1932
grubber1959
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. v. 322 The Slogger looks rather sodden, as if he did'nt take much exercise and eat too much tuck.
1860 E. B. Tylor Anahuac (1861) viii. 210 Ten or twelve of these little bowls on the table, each with a different kind of ‘tuck’ in it.
1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy iv. ii. 93 [He spoke] regretfully, as though he was being robbed of tuck.
c. A hearty appetite for food. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [noun] > keen appetite
coming stomach1656
twist1785
tuck1838
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms (at cited word) ‘He has a pretty good Tuck of his own’, means that a man is a great eater. Hants. Sussex.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Tuck (1) to eat. Also, an appetite.
7. Phrases.† a. ducks and tucks (of uncertain meaning). Obsolete.
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1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 524 Couet not to win estimation..with..Fryerly ducks, and such like Italian and Spanish trickes and tuckes.
1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 106 (margin) Leaue your ducks and your tuckes, and your apish toies, and serue God in spirit and truth.
b. nip and tuck: see nip and tuck n.
8. In diving, gymnastics, etc., (the adoption of) a tuck position (see tuck position n. at Compounds). Also, in downhill skiing, a squatting position (see quot. 1976).
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > postures
guard1601
stance1897
pike1928
tuck position1931
lay-back1948
tuck1951
tucked position1964
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > positions
vorlage1939
tuck1976
1951 Swimming (Eng. Schools Swimming Assoc.) v. 81 The seat is drawn up and the head dropped slightly forward on the tuck, causing the body to spin.
1956 G. C. Kunzle & B. W. Thomas Freestanding vi. 81 The tuck and open out, as in the backward somersault, should be sharp and distinct movements.
1964 Trampolining (‘Know the Game’ Series) 31/1 It is better to learn the action slowly and then the tuck can be added later for effect and for faster rotation.
1976 Webster's Sports Dict. 464/1 Tuck.., a position in which the skier squats forward and holds his ski poles under his arms and parallel to the ground that is usually used to minimize wind resistance in downhill racing.
1981 ‘E. Lathen’ Going for Gold xvii. 186 There was..no discontinuity between being earthborne and airborne, no jerking resolution of the hunched-over tuck into the aerial float high over the heads of the spectators.
1981 ‘E. Lathen’ Going for Gold xxi. 232 Tilly..hunched into the tightest tuck that Dick had ever seen, increased her speed to flat-out downhill velocity.
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attributive and in other combinations (some < the verb-stem). Also tuck-mill n., tuck-net n., tuck-point v., tuck-shop n. † tuck-hole n. Obsolete a hole in a ploughshare by means of which it is hooked to the beam (cf. tuck v.1 8).
tuck-basket n. a basket used in dipping the fish from the tuck-net.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > other fishing equipment > [noun] > basket for lifting fish
tuck-basket1883
tucking-maund1896
1883 Official Catal. Internat. Fisheries Exhib. (ed. 4) 127 Tuck basket for taking fish out of seine.
tuck-boat n. in seine-fishing, a boat which carries the tuck-net.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > seine-netter > boat carrying tuck-net
tuck-boat1855
tuckner1907
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 15 The ‘tuck boat then makes the inner circuit of the ‘seine’, the smaller net being dropped overboard as she goes.
tuck box n. a box for storing eatables etc., esp. at a boarding school (see sense 6).
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the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] > tuck-box
tuck box1934
grubber1940
1934 I. W. Hutchison North to Rime-ringed Sun xviii. 207 Tuck-boxes were then opened and supper cooked and demolished.
1978 G. Greene Human Factor ii. ii. 70 I used to steal out at night from my dormitory and take him tins of sardines from my tuck-box.
tuck-comb n. U.S. = tucking-comb n. at tucking n.1 Compounds.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > comb
side-combc1784
tucking-comb1822
tuck-comb1824
back-comb1865
Spanish comb1873
peineta1926
1824 Missouri Intelligencer 8 May 3/3 (advt.) Tortoise shell, tuck and side combs.
1871 E. Eggleston Bk. Queer Stories viii. 63 Sukey's way of doing up her hair in a great knot, behind, with an old-fashioned tuck comb.
tuck-cover n. (see 5b).
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society > communication > book > parts of book > [noun] > cover > parts of cover
lettering piece1783
joint1835
square1835
turn-in1873
tuck1880
doublure1886
paste-down1888
tuck-cover1893
pocket1900
1893 Westm. Gaz. 24 June 7/2 With tuck cover (like pocket-book), and flap and pencil.
tuck-creaser n. an attachment in a sewing machine which marks the line of, or folds down, the next tuck in readiness for stitching (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1877).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for
presser bar1813
flat bed1819
shuttle1847
foot1854
looper1857
take-up1859
work holder1859
feller1860
shuttle-carrier1860
binder1865
braider1866
ruffler1868
presser foot1875
shuttle-windera1877
tension-device1877
thread-cutter1877
thread-oiler1877
tuck-creaser1877
tucking-gauge1877
tuck-marker1877
thread-guide1924
zipper foot1938
free arm1948
balance-wheel1961
tuck-folder-
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tuck-marker,..also known as a tuck-creaser, for making a crease on goods as a guide for width in making the next fold.
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tuck-folder n. = tuck-creaser n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > ploughshare > parts of
foota1325
tuck-hole1805
bosom1807
plough point1837
shield1844
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. v. 40 Heel to tuck hole of share—2 ft. 61/ 2 in... Tuck hole to point of share—81/ 3 in.
tuck-hunter n. one in search of a feast.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] > feaster
feastera1500
banqueter1549
convival1615
convive1651
convivatora1656
junketer1721
banqueteer1821
junketeer1825
feastress1837
tuck-hunter1840
1840 A. Bunn Stage I. xii. 295 Nothing can stop the mouth of a tuck-hunter.
tuck-joint n. a joint in tuck-pointing (see tuck-point v.).
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > types of joint
tenon and mortise1610
mortise and tenon1631
meeting1663
rustic1728
white joint1758
ground-joint1793
flat joint1825
hick-joint1842
perpend1867
struck joint1876
tuck-joint1879
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator iv. 226 Rough arches..finished off with..a ‘tuck joint’. This consists in marking the divisions by a neatly raised line of fine white plaster.
tuck-marker n. = tuck-creaser n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for
presser bar1813
flat bed1819
shuttle1847
foot1854
looper1857
take-up1859
work holder1859
feller1860
shuttle-carrier1860
binder1865
braider1866
ruffler1868
presser foot1875
shuttle-windera1877
tension-device1877
thread-cutter1877
thread-oiler1877
tuck-creaser1877
tucking-gauge1877
tuck-marker1877
thread-guide1924
zipper foot1938
free arm1948
balance-wheel1961
tuck-folder-
1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Tuck-marker,..also known as a tuck-creaser, for making a crease on goods as a guide for width in making the next fold.
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tuck-plate n. in an iron ship, a curved plate of the hull at the point where the stern-post is bolted to the transom-frame: cf. sense 2.
tuck position n. in diving, gymnastics, etc., a position in which the thighs are pulled close to the chest, the knees bent, and the hands clasped round the shins.
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society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [noun] > postures
guard1601
stance1897
pike1928
tuck position1931
lay-back1948
tuck1951
tucked position1964
1931 Morning Post 7 Aug. 14/2 All you have to do is hang on to your ‘tuck’, or ‘balled-up’ position a little longer.
1964 Trampolining (‘Know the Game’ Series) 32/2 Allow knees to bend to give a loose tuck position here and this helps to speed rotation.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVII. 864/1 In the tuck position, the body is gathered tightly into a ball with the hands grasping the shins firmly.
tuck-rail n. see quot.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > rear part of vessel > [noun] > gathering of bottom planks at > rail forming rabbet for caulking
tuck-rail1850
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 157 Tuck-rail, the rail which..forms a rabbet for the purpose of caulking the butt ends of the planks of the bottom [see sense 2].
tuck-seine n. = tuck-net n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > seine-net > small net inside
tuck-net1520
tuck1602
tuck-seine1825
spiller1884
1825 Encycl. Londinensis XX. 435/1 [In pilchard fishing] three boats belong to each sean; the first and largest is called the sean~boat... The next boat is called the vollier (follower).., and carries another sean, called the tuck-sean, which is about 100 fathoms long, and 18 deep... The third boat is called the lurker.
1874 E. W. H. Holdsworth Deep-sea Fishing 156 Seans may be divided into three classes, namely, the sean proper..the ‘tuck-sean’, and the ‘ground or foot-sean’. All these nets have the same general character... The back or upper edge of the net is buoyed up by corks..; and the foot is weighted with lead to keep it down, so that the net may hang perpendicularly in the water.
tuck-stitch n. a stitch used in making a tuck; also attributive.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > other
accrue1725
gobble stitch1788
seam-stitch1825
marking stitch1861
dot1882
seam1882
basket-darning1884
basting1885
bridle1885
padding stitch1913
stab-stitch1917
tuck-stitch1926
prick stitch1928
fishbone-stitch1932
pad stitch1964
1926 J. Chamberlain Hosiery, Yarns & Fabrics vi. 121 The tuck-stitch is a defect in the plain fabric, but if produced systematically, forms many classes of designs.
1971 Guardian 7 Sept. 9/1 Tuck-stitch slipover vest in lambswool.
tuck-stitched adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > stitched or sewn > other
hemmeda1500
unhemmed1561
darned1628
felled1809
mitred1809
through-stitched1863
tuck-stitched1922
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 165 In tuckstitched shirt sleeves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tuckn.2
/tʌk/, U.S. /tək/, Scottish English /tʌk/ archaic and dialect. Chiefly Scottish (tuk).† 1. A blast of a trumpet. Obsolete. rare.† 3. (?) A kiss. Obsolete. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments > sound of trumpet
braga1522
bararag1523
tuckc1540
taratantara1553
clang1615
clarion1667
clanging1842
tarara1891
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7107 With the tuk of a trump, all his tore knightes He assemblit full sone.
2.
a. A blow, a stroke, a tap; esp. in tuck of drum.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
dintc897
swengOE
shutec1000
kill?c1225
swipc1275
stroke1297
dentc1325
touchc1325
knock1377
knalc1380
swapc1384
woundc1384
smitinga1398
lush?a1400
sowa1400
swaipa1400
wapc1400
smita1425
popc1425
rumbelowc1425
hitc1450
clope1481
rimmel1487
blow1488
dinga1500
quartera1500
ruska1500
tucka1500
recounterc1515
palta1522
nolpc1540
swoop1544
push1561
smot1566
veny1578
remnant1580
venue1591
cuff1610
poltc1610
dust1611
tank1686
devel1787
dunching1789
flack1823
swinge1823
looder1825
thrash1840
dolk1861
thresh1863
mace-blow1879
pulsation1891
nosebleeder1921
slosh1936
smackeroo1942
dab-
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums
tuck of druma1500
dubc1572
dub-a-dub1582
tucking1632
drumming1663
beat1672
vellum thunder1716
rattan1764
hub a dub1777
drum1810
drum beat1817
tom-tomming1833
bum-bum1844
rataplan1846
tom-tom1863
tattooing1871
tumming1882
tan-tan1893
a1500 Battle of Harlaw xv, in Sel. Coll. Sc. Ballads (1790) III. 17 With trumpets and with tuicke of drum.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 119 Hercules it smyttis wyth a mychty touk Apon the richt half, for to mak it jouk.
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 25 July (1855) 23 Within eight days efter intimatione be maid thairof, aither at the severall merkat crocess, or by touk of drume, or by advertisementes.
1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Touk, stroak, blow,..a touch, pull; as to take a touk of any thing, i.e. have a touch at it.
1761 in St. Andrews Citizen 21 Mar. (1903) Published through the city by took of drum.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 309 An open convocating of the king's lieges..by touk of drum.
1891 N.W. Devon Gloss. Tuck, a blow.
b. figurative or allusively.
ΚΠ
1825 T. Carlyle Life Schiller App. (1845) 259 Schubart was happy to evacuate Munich without tuck of drum.
1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 85 Wherever death..sounds his own potent tuck upon the cannons.
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the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun]
kissc1000
bassc1450
baisier1477
swapa1566
buss1567
smouch1578
lip-lick1582
lip-clip1606
tuck1611
accolade1654
poguec1670
osculum1706
slobber1884
banger1898
snog1959
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bouquer, to take, or giue a tucke, or kisse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tuckn.3
/tʌk/, U.S. /tək/ archaic.
A slender, pointed, straight, thrusting sword; a rapier. Also transferred and figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > rapier
bird spitc1450
rapier1503
tuck1508
Spanish sword?1533
walking rapier?1620
single rapier1709
flamberg1885
1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 122 Item for gilting and grathing of the lang towk,..iiij li.
1525 in Hist. MSS Comm.: MSS Duke of Rutland (1905) IV. 267 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2606) LXIII. 301 For the delyverance of a toke..to my Lorde, xxd.
c1526 Harl. MS. 4217 lf. 10 A longe Tocke iij square, the hafte of siluer.
1558 Will of Henry Cornyshe (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/40) f. 43v A gilte saddell..a touke, a dagger, stirropes spurres and a handgoune.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Av The Tucke, the targe, the sheilde.
1625 Darcie Hist. Q. Eliz. iii. 223 To fight..in Duels, with a Rapier called a Tucke, onely for the thrust.
1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 50 Running him into the vizor with his tuck.
1683 J. Turner Pallas Armata 176 Long Rapiers and Touks.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 91/2 A Tuck [is] a four square Blade.
a1699 A. Halkett Autobiogr. (1875) 63 Run through the body with a tuke.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 176 My Sword..was a stiff Tuck.
1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 880/1 He appeared with a tuck, such as is used by robbers.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. i. 12 He wore..a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier.
1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 656/1 The..‘tuck’ or ‘rapier’ has been refined into the épée or duelling sword.
Compounds
C1.
tuck-sheath n.
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1506–7 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 250 Tua towk schethis.
C2.
tuck-cane n. a cane in which a tuck or rapier is carried, serving as a sheath; a sword-cane.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sword-stick, etc.
Jacob's staff1596
tuck-cane1700
tuck-stick1765
sword-cane1837
tickler1844
sword-stick1858
vinegar stick1935
1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 160 I had a tuck Cane in my hand.
1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times II. 18 I..never went out afterwards, but with a tuck cane and a brace of pistols loaded.
tuck-fish n. see quot.
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the world > animals > fish > unspecified types > [noun]
whalec950
tumbrelc1300
sprout1340
squame1393
codmop1466
whitefish1482
lineshark?a1500
salen1508
glaucus1509
bretcock1522
warcodling1525
razor1530
bassinatc1540
goldeney1542
smy1552
maiden1555
grail1587
whiting1587
needle1589
pintle-fish1591
goldfish1598
puffin fish1598
quap1598
stork1600
black-tail1601
ellops1601
fork-fish1601
sea-grape1601
sea-lizard1601
sea-raven1601
barne1602
plosher1602
whale-mouse1607
bowman1610
catfish1620
hog1620
kettle-fish1630
sharpa1636
carda1641
housewifea1641
roucotea1641
ox-fisha1642
sea-serpent1646
croaker1651
alderling1655
butkin1655
shamefish1655
yard1655
sea-dart1664
sea-pelican1664
Negro1666
sea-parrot1666
sea-blewling1668
sea-stickling1668
skull-fish1668
whale's guide1668
sennet1671
barracuda1678
skate-bread1681
tuck-fish1681
swallowtail1683
piaba1686
pit-fish1686
sand-creeper1686
horned hog1702
soldier1704
sea-crowa1717
bran1720
grunter1726
calcops1727
bennet1731
bonefish1734
Negro fish1735
isinglass-fish1740
orb1740
gollin1747
smelt1776
night-walker1777
water monarch1785
hardhead1792
macaw-fish1792
yellowback1796
sea-raven1797
blueback1812
stumpnose1831
flat1847
butterfish1849
croppie1856
gubbahawn1857
silt1863
silt-snapper1863
mullet-head1866
sailor1883
hogback1893
skipper1898
stocker1904
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. i. 86 The Head of the Tuck-Fish... The Snout is not so flat as in the Rapier-fish, but thicker and rounder, more like a Tuck, from whence I take leave to name it.
tuck-stick n. = tuck-cane n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > sword-stick, etc.
Jacob's staff1596
tuck-cane1700
tuck-stick1765
sword-cane1837
tickler1844
sword-stick1858
vinegar stick1935
1765 London Chron. 19 Dec. 588 The master run the apprentice through the body with a tuck-stick, which killed him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
tuckn.4
A kerchief worn on the head; a turban.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > turban > types of
tuck1505
pugree1665
turban1805
futah1853
turbanette1890
patka1902
1505 Instr. Henry VII to Ambassadors in Facsimiles National MSS (1865) I. 92 And as to hir forehed, the heighte or the breid therof, we cowde not perfectly diserne, for the maner of the wereynge of the kerches or tuckas in that contry ys suche that a man can nott welle Iuge hit.
1553 A. Jenkinson Voy. & Trav. (1886) I. 3 Vpon his head a goodly white tuck, containing in length by estimation fifteene yards.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. iv. 14 Vpon their heads they weare a certeine kinde of tucks or kerchiefe somewhat wrought with silke and gold thrid.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
tuckv.1
/tʌk/, U.S. /tək/ a. transitive. To afflict by way of punishment; to punish, chastise; to ill-treat, torment. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]
tuckc888
tawc893
misbedeOE
graithc1330
to fare fair or foul with1340
misusea1382
outrayc1390
beshrewc1430
huspelc1440
misentreat1450
mistreat1453
abuse?1473
to mayne evil1481
demean1483
to put (a person) to villainya1513
harry1530
mishandle1530
touse1531
misorder1550
worrya1556
yark1565
mumble1588
buse1589
crow-tread1593
disabuse1607
maltreat1681
squeeze1691
ill-treat1794
punish1801
tousle1826
ill-use1841
razoo1890
mess1896
to play horse with1896
to bugger about1921
slug1925
to give (a person) the works1927
to kick about or around1938
mess1963
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxviii. §7 Lustlice hi woldon lætan þa rican hi tucian æfter hiora agnum willan.
a1000 Boeth. Metr. xxiv. 60 Unrihtwise eorðan cyningas..ðe þis werige folc wyrst tuciað.
c1000 Ælfric Judges xv. 8 He..heora fela ofsloh and to sceame tucode.
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxiii. 715 Swingan and to ealre sorge tucigan.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 21 His heued [was] heled mid þornene crune and on fele wise [he was] rewliche tuked.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 269 He..wes..scheome liche ituked.
c1230 Hali Meid. 17 Leccherie..tukeð hire [maidenhood] al to wundre & þreat to done hire schome.
b. intransitive. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (intransitive)]
tucka1250
to do villainy or a villainy1303
abuse1978
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 63 Þu tukest wroþe & vuele Hwar þu myht ouer smale vowele.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)]
edwitec825
shendc897
lehtriec1000
atwiteOE
gaba1200
begredec1200
tucka1225
reprove?1316
braidc1325
abraidc1330
upbraida1340
reprocec1350
reprucec1350
umbraida1393
reproacha1400
brixlec1400
saya1470
embraid1481
outbraid1509
check1526
twit1530
entwite1541
broide1546
taunt1560
upbray1581
improperate1623
betwit1661
to jack up1896
a1225 Leg. Kath. 550 He tukeð ure godes to balewe & to bismere.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 235 Þet is tachnunge of hatinge þet me tukeð to wunder þing þet me hateð swiðe.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 99 The vassals hauing ended their speeche, Protheus turned hymselfe to Alexander, and tucked hym vp with thys rounde tale.
1600 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 102 Towking outragious countenance.
1616 Orkney Witch Trial in Rogers Soc. Life Scot. (1886) III. 298 She haid tuckit him and given him mony injurious wordis.
1651 R. Baillie Let. 30 Apr. (1842) III. 163 His brother Adam Wilson towks him, calling him a fool and bidding him desist.
3. To dress or finish (cloth) after it comes from the weaver, esp. to stretch on tenters; cf. tucker n.1 1; also intransitive to work as a tucker. Now local.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > dress
tuck1377
dress1513
drivea1661
dub1802
α.
β. 1621 in W. Harding Hist. Tiverton (1817) II. 181 Not..white weavers or tuckers that make white kersies, but..such as weave and tuck upon coloured mixed kerseys.1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) II. 34 A mill for milling, tucking, &c. broad cloths.1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 255 After the process of fulling and dyeing, the dressed cloths are..pricked on the tenter hooks and stretched to their utmost bearing... This is considered as tucking, in the west of England.1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall Tucking, working in a fulling-mill.1273 [implied in: Hundred Rolls, Dorset Roger le Tukere. (at tucker n.1 1)] ].
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 447 Cloth þat cometh fro þe weuyng is nouȝt comly to were, Tyl it is fulled vnder fote or in fullyng stokkes, Wasshen wel with water and with taseles cracched, Ytouked, and ytented.
1459–60 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 300 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 It was ordayned that no woman sholde touke..in no manere place aforstrete within the saide citie.
1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 621/2 Yef..the seid Cloth [were] toked and fulled within this your Reame, your Highnes shuld have the Custume and Awnage for the same.
1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 2 Noo person make noo such Clothys..to sell without that he be whan he is rawe redy to be tokyd of the brede of a yerde and half quarter.
4. † b. See quot. 1647. Obsolete.
a. †To tug at; to snatch, pluck, pull; to gather (herbs, fruit, etc.) (obsolete); now spec. to pluck or pull the loose hay from the sides of (a new rick) (dialect).
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > exert pulling force on or pull at
pullOE
beteec1275
tug13..
tucka1400
ruga1425
pug1575
haul1743
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > pick or gather [verb (transitive)]
pullc1350
cropc1450
tuck1625
pug1717
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest (a crop) [verb (transitive)] > pluck loose hay from new rick
tuck1794
a1400 K. Alis. (Bodl.) 2305 Als he hit [his weapon] tukked [v.r. toggid], out to habbe, Philot hym ȝaf anothere dabbe.
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iii. iii. 125 They held it vnlawfull, to roste an apple, to tucke an herbe, to climbe a tree, to kill or catch a flea.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick iv. xi. 136 You must tuck them off the Tree with your hand.
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick iv. x. 133 Tuck away the dry, and withered, and rotten grapes with a pair of tuckers.
1794 P. Foot Gen. View Agric. Middlesex 57 The hay-farmer pays great attention to have the stack well tucked and thatched.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Now, Bob, don't bethink thy vingers, tuck-n in tight, mind—i.e. pull it out until you get to the solid mass.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > injure specific part
to shave (a person's) crown14..
slot?a1400
paunch1530
tuckc1640
shin1819
spine1888
whiplash1971
c1640 Shaftesbury in Remin. Oxford (O.H.S.) 37 I caused that ill custom of tucking freshmen [at Oxford] to be left off.
1647 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) I. 134 If any of the freshmen came off dull, or not cleverly, some of the forward or pragmatical seniors would ‘tuck’ them, that is, set the nail of their thumb to their chin, just under the lower lipp, and by the help of their other fingers under the chin, they would give him a mark, which sometimes would produce blood.
5. Fishing. To take the fish from (the seine) by means of a tuck-net n.; also with the fish as object.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > catch fish with net
netOE
dredge1508
drag1698
tuck1785
gillnet1837
amphibolize1854
gill1868
trawl1883
seine1887
poke1899
1785 Act 26 Geo. III c. 26 §11 (Cod fishing) It shall not be lawful.. to use..any Sean or Net..for the Purpose of catching Cod Fish by hauling such Sean or Net on Shore, or tucking such Sean or Net into any Boat or Boats, the Scale or Mesh of which said Sean or Net shall be less in Dimension than Four Inches.
1857 Morning Chron. 28 Aug. (Cassell's) 185 hogsheads [of pilchards] were tucked on Sunday.
1866 Standard 3 Oct. 3/4 All these [i.e. seines] have enclosed fish, which are being tucked, and many thousands of hogsheads are expected to be landed.
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 254/2 ‘Tucking’ the fish..is performed with the tuck-sean,..and as it is hauled in, the foot of the bunt is raised so as to bring the fish to the surface, whence they are dipped out in large baskets and put into attendant boats to be carried on shore.
6.
a. To pull or gather up in a fold or folds; to fold or turn up; esp. to gird up (a garment, etc.). Usually const. up.
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the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)] > up, down, or in
tuckc1440
to turn down1533
to turn in1721
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > turn or fold over, back, up, or down
tuckc1440
tirve1482
to turn upa1586
to turn back1683
to turn down1841
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > make short(er) [verb (transitive)] > by tucking up
to stick upc1330
tuckc1440
uptucka1529
the world > space > relative position > folding or folded condition > fold [verb (transitive)]
foldc888
lapa1300
plya1393
turna1400
doublec1430
plaitc1430
overfold?1440
plet?a1500
flipe1530
upfold1600
enfold1605
plicate1654
tuck1835–6
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 504/2 Tukkyn vp, or stykkyn vp (K. tuckyn or stychyn up clothis),..suffarcino.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. x. 21 Thair haris all war tukkit wp on thar croun.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liiv Their cotes be so syde [= long], that they be fayne to tucke them vp whan they ryde.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll4 Her well plighted frock, which she did won To tucke about her short, when she did ryde.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 156 They are tuck'd aside, that the Diamonds may not be covered.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) viii. 234 All the Capucines..were marching in sixes and sevens with their gowns tucked up, great fat carles.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 479/1 The intestines are..tucked up into folds and sacs.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iii. 89 He tucked up his sleeves and squared his elbows.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 77 The stout north countrywoman tucked up her petticoats, and began to climb up the steep path with a will.
1885 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 283 Priests sitting with their legs tucked up tailor-wise, in the attitude of Buddha.
b. To put a tuck or tucks in; to shorten or ornament with tucks.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > alter
to turn upa1586
tuck1626
to let out1791
fashionize1824
to piece down1863
to make down1877
to let down1890
to take up1902
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > other
fur13..
buttonc1380
lashc1440
pointa1470
set1530
tuft1535
vent1547
ruff1548
spangle1548
string1548
superbody1552
to pull out1553
quilt1555
flute1578
seam1590
seed1604
overtrim1622
ruffle1625
tag1627
furbelow1701
tuck1709
flounce1711
pipe1841
skirt1848
ruche1855
pouch1897
panel1901
stag1902
create1908
pin-fit1926
ease1932
pre-board1940
post-board1963
1626 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 181 Item for tuckeinge up the surples, xij d.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 30. ⁋9 With blue and red Stockings in Morning; tuck'd Cravats, and Nightcap Wigs.
1873 E. S. Phelps Trotty's Wedding Tour 126 She tucked the pantalets, darned the stockings.
7.
a. To pull or gather up and confine the loose garments of; to gird (a person) up. Chiefly in past participle. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > adjust or arrange > gird or gather up
kilta1340
tuckc1385
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 982 Saw ȝe..Onye of myne susteryn..I-tukkid [v.r. Itucked] vp with arwis in hire cas?
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 29 With scrippe and tipped staf, ytukked [v.rr. tucked, tukked, tokked] hye In euery hous, he gan to poure and prye.
c1440 Generydes 4397 Tokkyd vppe she [the queen] was well fro the grounde.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 342 Some of the brethren tukke the mynysters..in the begynnyng of masse, and also tuk the confessour whan he taketh the cope aboute the ende of the same masse.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 160/2 A pylgrym tucked and made redy for to goo hastely ouer see.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. sig. B.j Tukt she was that naked was her knee.
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Dviijv Bare foote, hyr lockes about her heade, Ytuckde in pukishe frocke.
1727 J. Swift City Shower 37 The tuck'd-up semstress walks with hasty strides.
1802 R. Bloomfield Rural Tales 4 Who, snug tuckt up, walk'd slow behind.
1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana ix. 96 She was..‘tucked up’, in the indecorous manner of those days.
b. To shorten or short-coat (an infant). Usually with up. dialect.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing
to cover (one's head)c1340
boot1600
to be covered1611
to put on1611
robea1626
cloak1774
wrap1847
tuck1888
gown1896
flannel1919
to suit up1927
to dress down1941
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > short clothes
short-coat1784
shorten1871
tuck1888
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Tucked up I was a-frightened to zee the cheel a-tuck'd up a' ready.
1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 135 Afore I was tucked-up, or, as you might say, ‘short-coated’, her went..down to Cornwall.
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 258/1 Tuck it in May, Tuck it away.
c. figurative. To cramp or hamper by lack of space, time, or means. See also tucked adj. 2c.
Π
1886 Field 13 Feb. 179/3 They [fox-hunters] have been playing the old game of skirting, eventually to find them~selves fairly tucked up by wire-fencing.
1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 189 A closely built fifty-eight inch racer will be noticeably too short in the reach for him, and he will feel that he is what cyclists call ‘tucked up’, ‘cramped’, or ‘going short’.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxvii In England you have your bad seasons..; and the poor man..gets tucked up a bit.
8. To thrust or put away (an object) into a close place where it is snugly held or concealed. Frequently with away; also figurative, esp. to hit (a ball) to the desired place.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > deposit or put away
to put upc1330
to lay up?a1366
leavea1375
disposec1420
stowc1485
reposea1500
repose?c1525
commit1531
reject1541
dispatcha1566
tuck1587
to put away1607
reposit1630
repositate1716
to stow away1795
park1908
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [verb (transitive)] > play ball in specific way
tossc1530
send1782
place1819
dowf1825
loft1857
belt1870
screw1881
smash1882
English1884
carry1889
slice1890
mishit1903
balloon1904
rainbow1906
rifle1914
tuck1958
stroke1960
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 98 Shee tuckt it [sc. the head] in her apron close.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iv. sig. F2v Folio 45. Here 'tis; the leaf tuckt dow[n] upon't.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 164. ⁋6 To carry Pistols about me, which I have always tuck'd within my Girdle.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 321 The Sharr also is tuck'd up to the Beam by an Iron-hook.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 147 The shivering urchin..Carries her Bible tucked beneath his arm.
1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 18 Finding the well-known bag, empty, tucked behind the chest of drawers.
1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xxxii. 329 He tucked his wife's arm under his own.
1912 W. B. Selbie Nonconformity xii. 225 The little old meeting-houses tucked away in back streets gave place to large and commodious buildings.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep v. 99 My first business must be to tuck him away comfortably somewhere out of the road.
1958 Observer 6 July 24/4 There was greater punch in Miss Gibson's game once she had the first set safely tucked away.
1959 Times 29 May 4/6 His low forehand, as he tucks the ball away, is a special weapon of execution.
1966 Listener 12 May 702/3 What a pity that it should be tucked away into that most unlikely of all listening hours, the end of a Saturday evening.
1977 Times 7 Feb. 7/3 Tueart..outpaced a scattered defence and efficiently tucked away a rebound after Shilton had superbly blocked his first attempt.
9.
a. To thrust in the edge or end of (anything pendent or loose) so as to retain or confine it; now esp. to turn in the edges of (bed-coverings or the like) under the bed or its occupant. With various adverbs, esp. in, up.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > by tucking
tuck1635
1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. ix. 158 Snares tuck thy bed.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xii. 327 They gather it in their Hands,..tucking in the twisted part between their Waste and the edge of the Petticoat, which keeps it close.
1746 Jameson in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (1880) 83 Tucking his shirt under the waistcoat, that it might not obstruct the blow.
1843 C. Scudamore Med. Visit Gräfenberg 102 Early in the morning, the bed-clothes were tucked up tight about him, so as to retain the animal heat.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iii. 95 A nymph that can tuck my bed-clothes up.
1905 E. Glyn Vicissitudes Evangeline 169 Mr. Carruthers..tucked his sable rug round me.
b. With the person as object. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > put in bed or provide a bed for [verb (transitive)]
bedc1175
to bring to bed, abedc1320
tuck1692
to put down1849
1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §22 To have his Maid tuck him in warm.
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 225 The Muse would willingly..tuck you in, and then put out the Light.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. xvi. 218 The nurse forced me under the bedclothes again and tucked me up.
1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 128 Nature keeps the lakes warm by tucking them up under a blanket of ice.
c. intransitive. To draw together, contract, pucker.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles
wizenc890
clinga1000
shrinkc1000
rivelOE
snurpc1300
wrinkle1528
warp1579
shrivel1588
pucker1598
shirpc1639
tuck1797
weazen1821
cringle1823
swivel1898
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 102/2 When an ulcer becomes foul,..the edges of it, in process of time, tuck in.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 834 Another symptom..is a tucking-up of one or both of the upper lids.
10. slang.† c. transitive. To distend with food; to fill out. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To consume, swallow (food or drink); to ‘put away’, ‘put out of sight’.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)]
brookc950
abiteOE
haveOE
afangOE
takec1175
notea1200
usec1300
spendc1380
consumec1400
partake1602
pree1680
discuss1751
tuck1784
to put down1795
to be (also go) at the ——1796
go1830
kill1833
to put away1839
down1852
to put over1880
to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880
shift1896
1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 191 We will dine together; tuck up a bottle or two of claret.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xi. 149 Now that I've cured you, you'll be tucking all that into your own little breadbasket.
a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 296 The Strawberries..Which our Grandmother's Uncle tucked in like a pig.
1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life xii. 144 Let's go over and see if we can't tuck away some of that grub.
b. intransitive. To feed heartily or greedily; esp. with in, into.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat heartily
to lay in1579
to fall aboard——1603
to eat (also work) like a horse1707
to play a good knife and fork1809
tuck1810
stoke1882
to mug up1897
1810 [implied in: Splendid Follies I. 186 Tom Sponge now began cramming unmercifully, exclaiming every three mouthfuls, ‘Rare tucking in, Sir William’. (at tucking n.1 4)].
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxix. 381 If you'll just let little Wackford tuck into something fat.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Roundabout Papers vii There is Rasherwell ‘tucking’ away in the coffee-room.
1887 ‘E. Lyall’ Knight-errant I. xv. 293 Always in at dinner-time and to be found at odd hours tucking in.
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1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 304 He had been ‘Taking his ease in his inn’,..and feeling himself comfortably tucked out, he wished to bolt.
11.
a. slang. To hang (a criminal); usually with up.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]
hangc1000
anhangOE
forhangc1300
to loll up1377
gallowa1400
twitchc1450
titc1480
truss1536
beswinga1566
trine1567
to turn over1570
to turn off1581
to turn (a person) on the toe1594
to stretch1595
derrick1600
underhang1603
halter1616
staba1661
noose1664
alexander1666
nub1673
ketch1681
tuck1699
gibbet1726
string1728
scrag1756
to hang up1771
crap1773
patibulate1811
strap1815
swing1816
croak1823
yardarm1829
to work off1841
suspercollatea1863
dangle1887
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tuck't, Hang'd.
1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 231 I expect..to see him tucked up to a Gibbet.
1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) III. 142 Poor Fanny! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up!
1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxix. 305 I wish some one had tucked him up before he had made acquaintance with this house.
b. To hang (a bell) high in the stock.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > making or fitting instruments > accessories [verb (transitive)] > fit bell
stock1483
steeple1644
yoke1701
tuck1860
1860 E. B. Denison Rudim. Treat. Clocks (ed. 4) 424 A large bell may be tolled easily by one man, if it is properly hung, though not if it is ‘tucked up in the stock’.
12. = tuck-point v.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with brick > work with bricks [verb (transitive)] > point brickwork with mortar
joint1700
tuck1803
tuck-point1902
1803 Usef. Proj. in Ann. Reg. 829/2 Tucking and pointing all stone and brick works that require proof against water and damp.
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tuckv.2
/tʌk/, U.S. /tək/, Scottish English /tʌk/ Now dialect. Chiefly Scottish (tuk).† 2. transitive. To sound a blast on (a trumpet); to blow up. Obsolete. rare.
1. transitive and intransitive. To touch (rare); to beat the drum; also intransitive of a drum: To sound.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > drums
dashc1325
tucka1400
dub1588
beat1656
ruff1675
dandera1724
rufflea1734
detonate1853
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (transitive)]
tucka1400
strike1572
tamper1606
ruff1675
rub-a-dub1855
a1400–50 Alexander 2427 Þe Tebies tukkid [MSS. tulkid, -yd] vs with tene, a-tired þam in armes.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1414 & ay þe nakeryn noyse, notes of pipes, Tymbres & tabornes, tukket [MS. tulket] among.
a1500 Battle of Harlaw xviii, in Sel. Coll. Sc. Ballads (1790) III. 17 The trumpet sounds, The dandring drums aloud did tuik.
1629 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 2nd Ser. III. 5 The said James..caused ring the kirk bell and towke thair drwm.
1642 Burgh Rec. Glasgow 12 Feb. (1876) 437 Ordains the drummers to touk throughe the toun.
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 202 Trvmpettis soundis and drumis tovkis.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Took, touk, towk, to strike, beat, blow, tuck; as, ‘to took the drum’.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (transitive)] > sound trumpet
brag1382
tucka1400
warblea1400
flat1675
a1400–50 Alexander 773 With þat þai tuke vp [v.r. tukkyn vp] þaire trompes.
3. intransitive. Of the wind: To blow in gusts. dialect.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow fitfully > in gusts
wapc1400
thud1513
flaw1806
to gust up1813
tuck1833
huffle1862
1833 D. M'Kay in Rec. & Bards Angus & Mearns (1897) 301 I have wondered full oft as it [the hurricane] tookit and blew, If ever its sughin was leerie to you.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. (at cited word) ‘The wind is so tucking to-day’, i.e. gusty, veering.
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