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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tuck \Tuck\, noun
1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also {tuck-net}.
3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See {Tug}. --Life of A. Wood.
4. (Naut.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
5. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. [Slang] --T. Hughes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tuck \Tuck\, verb (used without an object) To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tuck \Tuck\, noun [F. estoc; cf. It. stocco; both of German origin, and akin to E. stock. See {Stock}.] A long, narrow sword; a rapier. [Obs.] --Shak.
He wore large hose, and a tuck, as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length. --Sir W. Scot.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tuck \Tuck\, noun [Cf. {Tocsin}.] The beat of a drum. --Scot.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tuck \Tuck\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Tucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tucking}.] [OE. tukken, LG. tukken to pull up, tuck up, entice; akin to OD. tocken to entice, G. zucken to draw with a short and quick motion, and E. tug. See {Tug}.]
1. 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.
2. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
3. 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.
4. [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. {Tocsin}.] To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tuck
noun
1: eatables (especially sweets)
2: (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest
3: a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place
4: a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges [syn: {rapier}]
verb
1: fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirtail in" [syn: {insert}]
2: make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"
3: draw fabric together and sew it tightly [syn: {gather}, {pucker}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "tuck": birr, bread, chow, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, dog-ear, double, double over, doubling, duplicature, eats, enfold, feed, flection, flexure, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, frill, gather, go, grub, hardihood, infold, interfold, lap over, lapel, lappet, meat, moxie, pep, plait, plat, pleat, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply, potency, provender, quill, ruche, ruching, ruff, ruffle, scoff, turn over, twill, vigor
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