1. tuck - Noun
2. tuck - Verb
3. Tuck - Proper noun
A long, narrow sword; a rapier.
The beat of a drum.
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.
To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress.
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.
To contract; to draw together.
A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called also tuck-net.
A pull; a lugging.
The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.
Food; pastry; sweetmeats.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. Moon Unit Zappa
It is very difficult to tuck a bugle call back into a bugle. Pandora's Box is a one-way proposition. You can turn a pig into sausage, but not sausage into pig. Broken eggs stay broken. Robert A. Heinlein
I have always felt that I was different from others. I felt it when I was small. I felt that there was a soul in me. I saw the world from a height of many thousand meters. Even when I was thrashed it was of no concern to me; I could tuck Reykjavik under my arm and go away with it. Halldór Laxness
The most fundamental parental urge is the urge to nurture and protect. To grieve for a child is to admit ultimate impotence. You can't protect what goes into the ground. You can't tuck a blanket around a grave. Robert Charles Wilson
Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the edges of drifting continents but how can they be sure the moving land masses will climb over the waste and not just push it forward? David R. Brower
Without seeing the mountain, do not tuck up your skirt, without seeing the water, do not take off your boots. Tywa Proverb