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tuck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English t?cian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukk?n?), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), Old English t?on (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.
Verb
tuck (third-person singular simple present tucks, present participle tucking, simple past and past participle tucked)
- (transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric). [From 14thc.]
- (transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden. [From 1580s.]
- (intransitive, often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume. [From 1780s.]
- (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, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) 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.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of Mach tuck.
Antonyms
- untuck
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
tuck (plural tucks)
- An act of tucking; a pleat or fold. [From late 14thC.]
- (sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
- A curled position.
- (medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
- (music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- (diving) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
- (nautical) The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
Related terms
- tucker
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French estoc (“rapier”), from Italian stocco (“a truncheon, a short sword”)
Noun
tuck (plural tucks)
- (archaic) A rapier, a sword.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
- [...] with force he labour'd / To free's blade from retentive scabbard; / And after many a painful pluck, / From rusty durance he bail'd tuck [...]
- 1601, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene I.
- [...] dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly. [...]
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
Translations
Etymology 3
Compare tocsin.
Noun
tuck (plural tucks)
- The beat of a drum.
Etymology 4
Old Occitan tuc (“uncooked”).
Noun
tuck (uncountable)
- (Britain, dated, school slang) Food, especially snack food.
Derived terms
- tuck shop
- tuck box
- tuck in
Manx
Verb
tuck (verbal noun tuckal, past participle tuckit)
- to full (cloth)
Synonyms
- walk
- giallee
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wrinkle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????kl?/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
- Hyphenation: wrink?le
Etymology 1
Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod.
Alternative forms
- wrincle (obsolete)
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
- A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
- A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
Translations
Verb
wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)
- (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
- (intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
- (intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To sneer (at).
- 1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn
- Ther's some weakenes in your brother you wrinkle at
- 1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn
Related terms
- unwrinkled
- wrinkle-free
- wrinkly
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- (US, dialect) A winkle
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “wrinkle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Winkler
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