I. ˈtək verb
Etymology: Middle English tuken to mistreat, finish (cloth) by stretching and beating, tuck, from Old English tūcian to mistreat; akin to Old High German zuhhen to jerk, Old English togian to pull — more at tow
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to pull up into a fold
b. : to make a tuck in
2. : to put into a snug often concealing or isolating place
a cottage tuck ed away in the hill
3.
a. : to push in the loose end of so as to hold tightly
tuck in your shirt
b. : to cover by tucking in bedclothes — usually used with in
4. : eat — usually used with away or in
tuck ed away a big lunch
5. : to put into a tuck position
intransitive verb
1. : to draw together into tucks or folds
2. : to eat or drink heartily — usually used with into
tuck ed into their beer and pretzels
3. : to fit snugly
II. noun
Date: 1532
1. : a fold stitched into cloth to shorten, decorate, or control fullness
2. : the part of a vessel where the ends of the lower planks meet under the stern
3.
a. : an act or instance of tucking
b. : something tucked or to be tucked in
4.
a. : a body position (as in diving) in which the knees are bent, the thighs drawn tightly to the chest, and the hands clasped around the shins
b. : a skiing position in which the skier squats forward and holds the ski poles under the arms and parallel to the ground
5. : a cosmetic surgical operation for the removal of excess skin or fat from a body part
a tummy tuck
III. noun
Etymology: Middle English (Scots) tuicke beat, stroke
Date: 15th century
: a sound of or as if of a drumbeat
IV. noun
Etymology: Middle French estoc, from Old French, sword point, from estochier to strike with the sword tip, thrust, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch stoken to thrust, poke — more at stoke
Date: 1508
archaic : rapier
V. noun
Etymology: probably from tuck (II)
Date: 1878
: vigor , energy
seemed to kind of take the tuck all out of me — Mark Twain