tuck
noun/tʌk/
/tʌk/
- [countable] a fold that is sewn into a piece of clothing or cloth, either for decoration or to change the shape of it
- We could take a tuck in the waist to give it a more fitted look.
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- [countable] (informal) a medical operation in which skin and/or fat is removed to make somebody look younger or thinner
- a tummy tuck
- [uncountable] (British English, old-fashioned, informal) food, especially sweets, etc. eaten by children at school
- a tuck shop
Word OriginOld English tūcian ‘to punish, ill-treat’: of West Germanic origin; related to tug. Influenced in Middle English by Middle Dutch tucken ‘pull sharply’.
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