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Is tuck a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tuck is a Scrabble US word. The word tuck is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is tuck a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tuck is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

T1U1C3K5

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Yes. The word tuck is a Words With Friends word. The word tuck is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

TUCK,

3-letter words (1 found)

CUT,

2-letter words (1 found)

UT,

You can make 3 words from tuck according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of tuck

tuck utck tcuk ctuk uctk cutk tukc utkc tkuc ktuc uktc kutc tcku ctku tkcu ktcu cktu kctu uckt cukt ukct kuct ckut kcut

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Definitions and meaning of tuck

tuck

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʌk/
  • Rhymes: -ʌk

Etymology 1

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.

Verb

tuck (third-person singular simple present tucks, present participle tucking, simple past and past participle tucked)

  1. (transitive) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric). [From 14thc.]
  2. (transitive) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe, or handy, or somewhat hidden. [From 1580s.]
  3. (intransitive, often with "in" or "into") To eat; to consume. [From 1780s.]
  4. (ergative) To fit neatly.
  5. To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
  6. To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
  7. To full, as cloth.
  8. (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.
  9. (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.
  10. (aviation) Ellipsis of Mach tuck.
Antonyms
  • untuck
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Noun

tuck (plural tucks)

  1. An act of tucking; a pleat or fold. [From late 14thC.]
  2. (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.
  3. A curled position.
  4. (medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
    tummy tuck
  5. (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.
  6. (diving) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
  7. (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.
  8. (British, dated, school slang, India) Food, especially snack food.
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Related terms

  • tucker

Etymology 2

From Old French estoc (“rapier”), from Italian stocco (“a truncheon, a short sword”). Doublet of estoc.

Noun

tuck (plural tucks)

  1. (archaic) A rapier, a sword.
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Etymology 3

Compare tocsin.

Noun

tuck (plural tucks)

  1. The beat of a drum.

Manx

Verb

tuck (verbal noun tuckal, past participle tuckit)

  1. to full (cloth)

Synonyms

  • walk
  • giallee

Source: wiktionary.org