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 into (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 into (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 into (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 into (4 of 4)
Idioms and Phrases with tuck into (1 of 2)
tuck into
Eat heartily or greedily, as in For a two-year-old he really tucked into his food. [Early 1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with tuck into (2 of 2)
tuck