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Definition of Tuck in
1. Verb. Eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food. "They tuck in more bread"; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"
Definition of Tuck in
1. Verb. (transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To push the fabric at the bottom of a shirt under the pants. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To start to eat. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive soccer) To score from with a casual motion ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuck In
Literary usage of Tuck in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"PETITION OF RICHARD SAVAGE AND ROBERT TUCK, IN" BEHALF OF THE INHABITANTS OF
HAMPTON.* To the Right Worshipfull the ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1888)
"... ('T is an irony sound, when you can not so far go); Tuck-tuck-in-the-ticket,
... Tuck-tuck-in-the- ..."
3. Amos Tuck by Charles Robert Corning (1902)
"Mr. Tuck, in February, showed his innate love of peace by offering a carefully
prepared resolution on international arbitration. ..."
4. Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts (1920)
"If it is not long enough to tuck in well at both head and foot, leave plenty at
the head to tuck in securely and tuck in at the sides tightly rather than ..."
5. Trilby by George Du Maurier (1894)
"Now go straight off to one of those tuck shops, and tuck in as big a supper as
you possibly can. Some people prefer Baratte. I prefer Bordier myself. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"tuck in your twopenny, a recommendation by boys playing at leap-frog to the one
who stoops to bend his ... Tuck out, tuck in (boys), explained by quotation. ..."
7. Letters of James Smetham by James Smetham (1892)
"I care as little as I care for the permission to dine given to all the rest of
the world by the Emperor of China or Japan after he has got his own tuck-in. ..."
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