TUCKER

tucker

(noun) a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress

tucker

(noun) a sewer who tucks

Tucker, Sophie Tucker

(noun) United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)

Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker

(noun) United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)

exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out

(verb) wear out completely; “This kind of work exhausts me”; “I’m beat”; “He was all washed up after the exam”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

tucker (third-person singular simple present tuckers, present participle tuckering, simple past and past participle tuckered)

(slang) To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.

Noun

tucker (countable and uncountable, plural tuckers)

(countable) One who or that which tucks.

(uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) Food.

(slang, dated) Work that scarcely yields a living wage.

Etymology 2

Noun

tucker (plural tuckers)

(countable) Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.

(obsolete) A fuller; one who fulls cloth.

Anagrams

• retuck

Proper noun

Tucker (plural Tuckers)

A south-western English occupational surname; equivalent to Fuller.

A male given name from surnames, of modern usage.

Anagrams

• retuck

Source: Wiktionary

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Tuck"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

2. A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later.

3. Etym: [See Tuck, v. t., 4.]

Definition: A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]

Tuck"er, v. t.

Definition: To tire; to weary; -- usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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