Synonyms for tuck
tʌktuck

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1. tucknoun

   eatables (especially sweets)

   Synonyms:
   rapier

2. tucknoun

   (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest

   Synonyms:
   rapier

3. tucknoun

   a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place

   Synonyms:
   rapier

4. rapier, tuckverb

   a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges

   Synonyms:
   rapier

5. tuck, insertverb

   fit snugly into

   "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"

   Synonyms:
   infix, introduce, slip in, sneak in, enter, stick in, gather, insert, enclose, pucker, inclose, put in

6. tuckverb

   make a tuck or several folds in

   "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"

   Synonyms:
   pucker, gather, insert

7. gather, pucker, tuckverb

   draw together into folds or puckers

   Synonyms:
   assemble, garner, gain, amass, pucker, meet, conglomerate, accumulate, ruck up, gather, foregather, pile up, ruck, knit, collect, insert, pull together, get together, cumulate, cockle, crumple, rumple, forgather

Matched Categories

1. • Comestible
   • Enclose
   • Fold
   • Pleat
   • Position
   • Sew
   • Sport

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1. List of paraphrases for "tuck":

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1. Chief Executive Greg Brown:

   While it's what I would call a 'tuck-in' acquisition, it will be very valuable to us as we bring it to our customers.

2. Terry McAuliffe:

   We had Donald Trump here for four years. He drove Democratic turnout, donald Trump is not president anymore. ... It's going to be very close. It's going to be nip and tuck. This is going to be a battle. ... You bet it's going to be close.

3. Lupita Nyong ` o:

   I was putting him to bed and told him that even when I'm old and gray and more wrinkly than I am now, I'll still love him and want to tuck him in, and he asked why I have wrinkles, and I said, 'Well, I hope some of them are from laughing so much.' And he touched my face and said, 'You're not old, you're just happy.'.

4. New York:

   At the same time, a little part of me wants to tuck my necklace into my shirt in case the wrong person sees it. It's a very hard time to be a Jew in the United States right now and to see so many ignore the hatred we are seeing is incredibly painful – though nothing we're not accustomed to.

5. Larry Sabato:

   It is hurting McAuliffe, there is just no question about it, my sense of it is if they can get some reasonable compromise passed into law... this would stabilize both Joe Biden and McAuliffe. And if it collapses, I think it will be a nip and tuck race and the momentum would be more with Youngkin than McAuliffe.