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  • 11tuck — tək n a cosmetic surgical operation for the removal of excess skin or fat from a body part see TUMMY TUCK …

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  • 12Tuck — Tuck, Friar →↑Friar Tuck …

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  • 13tuck in — (someone) to cover a child comfortably in bed. I tucked in Josh and Amy after reading them a story. Who s going to tuck me in while you re gone? …

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  • 14tuck|et — «TUHK iht», noun. Archaic. a flourish on a trumpet, especially as a marching signal for cavalry. ╂[see related etym. at tuck3 (Cf. ↑tuck)] …

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  • 15Tuck — Tuck, bei den Juden das Reinigungsbad vor der Hochzeit, s.d. 2) …

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  • 16tuck-in — [tuk′in΄] n. [Brit. Informal] a meal, esp. a hearty one * * * …

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  • 17tuck — (v.) late 14c., to pull or gather up, earlier to pluck, stretch (late 13c., implied in tucker), probably from M.L.G. or M.Du. tucken pull up, draw up, tug (cognate with O.E. tucian mistreat, torment, and related to O.E. togian to pull, Ger.… …

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  • 18tuck — [v] fold together constrict, contract, draw together, enfold, gather, hem, insert, make snug, pinch, plait, pleat, push, put in, seam, squeeze in, swaddle, wrap; concepts 193,218 …

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  • 19tuck-in — [tuk′in΄] n. [Brit. Informal] a meal, esp. a hearty one …

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  • 20Tuck — Many people have the surname Tuck.People: *Adam Tuck, legendary logger * Al Tuck * Amos Tuck * Amy Tuck (fl. 2000s), American politician * Dick Tuck (b. 1924), American politician * Donald H. Tuck (born 1922), Australian bibliographer * Edward… …

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