n. Same as tang.To draw close together; pull together.To gather up; draw or pull up, or in any direction; draw into folds: frequently followed by up.In needlework, to lay and sew tucks in: as, the waist was tucked lengthwise. See tuck, n., 2.To press or crowd into a narrow space or compass; stuff; cram.Hence To pack in barrels.To gird; clothe tightly or compactly; hence, to cover snugly with wrappings, as with bedclothes or rugs.To put into one's stomach; eat: usually with in.In seine-fishing, to gather or draw (fish) out of a seine by means of a tuck-seine which is shot inside of the seine.To pinch; nip; wound by the pressure of the finger-nail.To string up; hang.To contract; draw together.To make tucks: as, a sewing-machine that tucks and gathers.n. A garment tucked, girt, or wrapped about one; in the following quotation, a turban.n. In needlework, a flat fold in a fabric, or in a part of a garment, fixed in place by stitches, and frequently one of a series laid parallel.n. A short pinafore.n. In bookbinding, a flap on one side of the cover, made to fold over the other side and tuck into a strap which holds it fast.n. A kind of net.n. A pinch; a nip. See the quotation under tuck, transitive verb, 7.n. Nautical, that part of a vessel where the after ends of the outside planking come together under the stern.n. Eatables; viands; especially, sweets or pastry. Also tucker, in Australia.n. An appetite.n. A rapier. See estoc.n. A blow; a stroke; a tap; a beat; especially, the beating of a drum. See beat or tuck of drum, under beat.n. A blast; a flourish; a tucket.To beat; tap: said of a drum.