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. Adam Sandler:

   I was in bed, in the middle of the night and, you know how they tuck in your sheets at the bottom, some people? Somebody tucked in the sheets too much, and I had my phone in the middle of the bed.

2. Caleb Mulvena:

   We wanted to respect the idea that a meadow was here, rather than obliterating the meadow and planting a large trophy home, we wanted to take the idea of peeling the meadow up and kind of tuck the house underneath it.

3. Joel Benenson:

   We always said there would be a tight race in New Hampshire, we see this race as kind of where we expected it to be, nip and tuck all the way to the primary.

4. 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.

5. 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.