tuck
English
/tʌk/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
- (transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
- (intransitive) To eat; to consume.
- (ergative) To fit neatly.
- To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
- To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
- To full, as cloth.
- (LGBT) To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
- (when playing scales on piano keys) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tuken inherited from Old English tūcian (vex, torment) derived from Middle Dutch tucken (tuck) derived from Proto-Germanic *teuh- derived from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (pull, lead, draw, tug), *dewk- (pull, lead, draw, tug).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dewk-
Gloss
pull, lead, draw, tug
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- away English
- co-educate English
- ducal English
- ducat English
- educable English
- educatable English
- educate English
- educatee English
- educational English
- educationalist English
- educative English
- in English
- induction English
- pin English
- pintuck English
- resubdue English
- retuck English
- subduable English
- subdual English
- subduct English
- subduer English
- team English
- tuck-in English
- tuckable English
- tuckaway English
- tucker English
- tuckerbox English
- untuck English
- abductus Latin
- abdūcō Latin
- adducere Latin
- adduco Latin
- adductio, adductionis Latin
- adductus Latin
- aquaeductus Latin
- conductor Latin
- conductus Latin
- condūcere Latin
- deductus Latin
- ducem Latin
- ductus Latin
- dux Latin
- dux, ducem Latin
- dux, ducis Latin
- dēdūcere Latin
- educo Latin
- induco Latin
- inductus Latin
- indūcere Latin
- intrōdūctiō Latin
- productio, productionem Latin
- productivus Latin
- prōductum Latin
- prōductus Latin
- prōdūcō Latin
- reductio, reductiōnem, reductiō Latin
- redux Latin
- redūcō Latin
- seductio Latin
- seductio, seductionem Latin
- subduco Latin
- subductio Latin
- subductus Latin
- subdūcō Latin
- sēdūcō Latin
- trans Latin
- trādūcō Latin
- ēducātiō Latin
- ēducātor Latin
- ēdūcere Latin
- Zug German
- zucken German
- doccia Italian
- getogen Dutch, Flemish
- produceren Dutch, Flemish
- tokkelen Dutch, Flemish
- douche French
- *dew- Proto-Indo-European
- *dewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *dewk-s Proto-Indo-European
- *déwkti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁énteros Proto-Indo-European
- *taugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *taugungō Proto-Germanic
- *taugō Proto-Germanic
- *taumaz Proto-Germanic
- *taumijaną Proto-Germanic
- *teuh- Proto-Germanic
- *teuhaną Proto-Germanic
- *tiugiją Proto-Germanic
- *tuganaz Proto-Germanic
- *tugilaz Proto-Germanic
- *tugiz Proto-Germanic
- *tugnaną Proto-Germanic
- *tugą Proto-Germanic
- *tugōną Proto-Germanic
- *tuhtiz Proto-Germanic
- team Swedish
- ateon Old English
- beteon Old English
- forteon Old English
- forþteon Old English
- geteon Old English
- oferteon Old English
- ofteon Old English
- onteon Old English
- oþteon Old English
- teond Old English
- toteon Old English
- tucian Old English
- tēman Old English
- tēman, tīeman Old English
- tēon Old English
- tīgende Old English
- tūcian Old English
- wiþteon Old English
- þurhteon Old English
- tohte Middle English
- tuken Middle English
- hertoganafn Old Norse
- taumalag Old Norse
- teyging Old Norse
- tjúgari Old Norse
- togan Old Norse
- duchesse Old French
- tog Icelandic
- getuge Middle Dutch
- overtugen Middle Dutch
- tucken Middle Dutch
- tog Faroese
- Zam Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *harjatogō gmw-pro
- *duk-o- Proto-Celtic
- tuch Middle Low German
- *tukkōn Frankish
- team Western Frisian
- toch, tog German Low German
- ductus la-med