·noun A pull; a lugging.
II. Tuck ·noun The beat of a drum.
III. Tuck ·vt To full, as cloth.
IV. Tuck ·noun Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
V. Tuck ·noun A long, narrow sword; a rapier.
VI. Tuck ·vt To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
VII. Tuck ·vi To Contract; to draw together.
VIII. Tuck ·noun A small net used for taking fish from a larger one;
— called also tuck-net.
IX. Tuck ·noun A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
X. Tuck ·noun The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
XI. Tuck ·vt 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.
XII. Tuck ·vt 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.