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
British Dictionary definitions for tuck away (1 of 5)
tuck away
verb (tr, adverb) informal
to eat (a large amount of food)
to store, esp in a place difficult to find
British Dictionary definitions for tuck away (2 of 5)
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 away (3 of 5)
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 away (4 of 5)
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 away (5 of 5)
Idioms and Phrases with tuck away (1 of 2)
tuck away
Eat heartily, as in He tucked away an enormous steak. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see tuck into.
Hide, put in storage, as in She had several hundred dollars tucked away. [c. 1900]
Idioms and Phrases with tuck away (2 of 2)
tuck