Word a Day
tuck
What does tuck mean?
tuck (verb): fit snugly into.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce tuck?
/tʌk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tuck come from?
From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “tuck” mean?
expect and wish
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empty of liquid
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make certain of
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fit snugly into
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