Origin of tuck
1
before 900; Middle English
t(o)uken to stretch (cloth), torment, Old English
tūcian to torment; akin to Middle Low German
tucken to tug, German
zucken to jerk. See
tow1
OTHER WORDS FROM tuck
un·tucked, adjectiveWords nearby tuck
Definition for tuck (2 of 4)
Origin of tuck
2
by shortening and respelling
Definition for tuck (3 of 4)
tuck
3
[ tuhk ]
/ tʌk /
noun Archaic.
a rapier or estoc.
Origin of tuck
3
1500–10; earlier
tocke, apparently sandhi variant of obsolete
stock sword < Italian
stocco < German
Stock stick; cognate with
stock
Definition for tuck (4 of 4)
tuck
4
[ tuhk ]
/ tʌk /
noun Chiefly Scot.
a drumbeat or the sound of one beat on a drum.
Origin of tuck
4
1300–50; Middle English
tukken to beat, sound (said of a drum) < Middle French (north)
toker to strike, touch. See
touch
Example sentences from the Web for tuck
British Dictionary definitions for tuck (1 of 4)
tuck
1
/ (tʌk) /
verb
noun
Word Origin for tuck
C14: from Old English
tūcian to torment; related to Middle Dutch
tucken to tug, Old High German
zucchen to twitch
British Dictionary definitions for tuck (2 of 4)
tuck
2
/ (tʌk) /
noun
archaic
a rapier
Word Origin for tuck
C16: from French
estoc sword, from Old French: tree trunk, sword, of Germanic origin
British Dictionary definitions for tuck (3 of 4)
tuck
3
/ (tʌk) dialect /
noun
a touch, blow, or stroke
verb
(tr)
to touch or strike
(intr)
to throb or bump
Word Origin for tuck
C16: from Middle English
tukken to beat a drum, from Old Northern French
toquer to
touch; compare
tucket
British Dictionary definitions for tuck (4 of 4)
Idioms and Phrases with tuck
tuck