English Explanatory Dictionary

tucker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
noun
  1. One who or that which tucks.
  2. Food; tuck.
  3. Work that scarcely yields a living wage.
noun
  1. Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
  2. A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
name
  1. A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
  5. A city in DeKalb County, Georgia.
  6. A census-designated place in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
  7. An extinct town in Ripley County, Missouri.
  8. A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʌkə/ [ˈtʰʌkə] /ˈtʌkɚ/ [ˈtʰʌkɚ] en-au-tucker.ogg /ˈtʌkə(ɹ)/

Word forms

tucker tuckers tuckering tuckered

Etymology

From tuck + -er.

Related words

best bib and tucker tucker fucker

Derived words

tucker out bush tucker dog tucker tuckerbag tuckerbox tucker claim tucker fucker tuckerless tucker money Tucker County
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