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- Dictionarytuck/tʌk/
verb
- 1. push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, especially a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide or secure them: "he tucked his shirt into his trousers" Similar Opposite
- 2. make a flattened, stitched fold in (a garment or material), typically so as to shorten or tighten it, or for decoration: "the suit was pinned and tucked all over" Similar
noun
- 1. a flattened, stitched fold in a garment or material, typically one of several parallel folds put in a garment for shortening, tightening, or decoration: "a dress with tucks along the bodice" Similar
- 2. food eaten by children at school as a snack: informal, dated British "our parents provided us with a bit of money to buy tuck with" Similar
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