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tuck in

Definitions

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  • verb transitive To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
  • verb transitive To push the fabric at the bottom of a shirt under the pants.
  • verb intransitive To start to eat.
  • verb transitive, soccer To score from with a casual motion

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

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synonyms (39)

Words with the same meaning

  1. bed
  2. consume
  3. cradle
  4. devour
  5. dispatch
  6. dispose of
  7. down
  8. ease in
  9. eat up
  10. get away with
  11. get down
  12. infuse
  13. ingest
  14. inject
  15. inoculate
  16. insert
  17. insinuate
  18. interject
  19. introduce
  20. intromit
  21. nestle
  22. perfuse
  23. pop in
  24. put away
  25. put in
  26. put to bed
  27. set in
  28. slip in
  29. snug
  30. snug down
  31. snug up
  32. snuggle
  33. stick in
  34. surround
  35. swallow
  36. take down
  37. take in
  38. throw in
  39. whip in

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. eat up
  2. finish
  3. polish off

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  • yarb commented on the word tuck in

    tuck or tucker is/was UK slang for food. So I suppose it's related to that. Tuck in = food in (mouth), i.e. eat. But what's up with grub up?

    May 6, 2010

  • bilby commented on the word tuck in

    See also tuckerbag

    May 6, 2010