tuck¹ /tuk/

1. To draw or thrust in or together
2. To stuff, cram
3. To fold under
4. To gather or gird up (often with up)
5. To contract (with up)
6. To enclose by pressing clothes closely around or under (usu with in)
7. To put tucks in
8. To put or stow away
9. To full, dress, or put on tenters
10. To hamper
11. To eat (with in; informal)
12. To hang (with up; slang)

To make an onslaught upon food (usu with in or into)

1. An act of tucking
2. A pleat or fold, now one stitched down
3. In some sports, eg skiing, a position with the knees tucked close to the chest
4. The gathering of the bottom planks of a ship at the stern (nautical)
5. Eatables, esp delicacies (informal)

tuckˈer noun

1. Someone who or something that tucks
2. A piece of cloth tucked or drawn over the bodice of a low-cut dress
3. A fuller
4. Food (chiefly Aust and NZ sl)

To tire exceedingly (often with out)

tuck box noun (informal)

A box of or for tuck, esp at a boarding school

tuckˈerbag or tuckˈerbox noun (Aust and NZ)

A bag or box, for carrying food in

tuckˈ-in noun (informal)

A hearty feed

adjective

Contrived for tucking in an edge

tuckˈ-mill or tuckˈing-mill noun

A fulling-mill

tuckˈ-out noun (informal)

A tuck-in

tuck shop noun (orig school sl)

1. A confectioner's or a pastrycook's shop
2. Now esp such a shop or anything similar on school premises

tuck² /tuk/, Scot touk /tŭk/ (dialect)

A stroke, tap or beat, esp of a drum (also intransitive verb and transitive verb)

tuck³ /tuk/ (Shakespeare)

A rapier

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