tucks (Meaning)
tucks
a body position (as in diving) in which the knees are bent, the thighs drawn tightly to the chest, and the hands clasped around the shins, to put or fit into a snug or safe place, to pull up into a fold, to eat or drink heartily, vigor, energy, to push in the loose end of so as to hold tightly, a sound of or as if of a drumbeat, eat, to draw together into tucks or folds, a cosmetic surgical operation for the removal of excess skin or fat from a body part see tummy tuck, something tucked or to be tucked in, to put into a snug often concealing or isolating place, a fold stitched into cloth to shorten, decorate, or control fullness, a fold stitched into cloth (as in a garment), a skiing position in which the skier squats forward and holds the ski poles under the arms and parallel to the ground, the part of a vessel where the ends of the lower planks meet under the stern, to fit snugly, to cover by tucking in bedclothes, rapier, to make a tuck in, to put into a tuck position, a cosmetic surgical operation for the removal of excess skin or fat from a body part, an act or instance of tucking
Synonyms & Antonyms of tucks
tucks Sentence Examples
- She carefully tucked her blouse into her skirt.
- The toddler's mother tucked him snugly into bed.
- The driver tucked the car into a narrow parking space.
- The cat tucked its whiskers back as it approached the dog.
- The seamstress tucked the excess fabric into the hem.
- He tucked his wallet into his back pocket.
- The pilot tucked the aircraft's wings in for landing.
- The ballerina tucked her pointe shoes into her dance bag.
- The architect tucked the addition seamlessly onto the existing structure.
- The hiker tucked his hiking poles and map into his backpack.
FAQs About the word tucks
a body position (as in diving) in which the knees are bent, the thighs drawn tightly to the chest, and the hands clasped around the shins, to put or fit into a
puckers, seams, corrugations, loops, pleats, creases,plies, plaits, wrinkles, furrows
No antonyms found.
She carefully tucked her blouse into her skirt.
The toddler's mother tucked him snugly into bed.
The driver tucked the car into a narrow parking space.
The cat tucked its whiskers back as it approached the dog.
