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Noun: tucker  tú-ku(r)
  1. A sewer who tucks
    "The skilled tucker added delicate pleats to the wedding dress"
     
  2. A detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
    "She pinned a delicate lace tucker to her gown for modesty"
     
  3. [Austral, NZ, informal] Food
    "After a long day of work, he was ready for some tucker"
Verb: tucker  tú-ku(r)
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Wear out completely
    "The long hike tuckered out even the fittest members of the group";
    - exhaust, wash up, beat [informal], tucker out [N. Amer, informal]
Noun: Tucker  tú-ku(r)
  1. United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
    - Sophie Tucker
     
  2. United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
    - Benjamin Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker

Derived forms: tuckers, tuckering, tuckered

Type of: anarchist, comedienne, fag [informal], fag out [Brit, informal], fatigue, jade, knacker [Brit, informal], nihilist, outwear, sewer[2], syndicalist, tire, tire out, vaudevillian, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, yoke

Encyclopedia: Tucker, Matthew