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Definition of tuck noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tuck

noun
 
/tʌk/
 
/tʌk/
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  1. [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.
  2. [countable] (informal) a medical operation in which skin and/or fat is removed to make somebody look younger or thinner
    • a tummy tuck
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  3. [uncountable] (British English, old-fashioned, informal) food, especially sweets, etc. eaten by children at school
    • a tuck shop
    4. 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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