Tucker

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tucker¹

  • /ˈtʌkə/ UK
  • [ˈtʰʌkə] UK
  • /ˈtʌkɚ/ US
  • [ˈtʰʌkɚ] US

Sounds like Tucker · Rhymes with -ʌkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From tuck + -er.

verb tuckers · tuckering · tuckered

  1. slang To tire out or exhaust a person or animal. Man, I’m so tuckered from my run today.

noun tuckers

  1. countable One who or that which tucks. Discrimination. Firm, after having had a long controversy with its tuckers, laid off the whole tucking department for a week. Union maintained it was a clear case cf discrimination against the tuckers on account of the recent controversy. Determination: Complaint of the union was sustained. Tuckers
  2. Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, uncountable Food; tuck. By the fire the billies were boiling, the tucker of both camps spread out on tarpaulins.
  3. countable, dated, slang, uncountable Work that scarcely yields a living wage.

tucker²

  • /ˈtʌkə/ UK
  • [ˈtʰʌkə] UK
  • /ˈtʌkɚ/ US
  • [ˈtʰʌkɚ] US

Sounds like Tucker · Rhymes with -ʌkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English tukere (“one who dresses or finishes cloth”).

noun tuckers

  1. countable Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress. “And, ma′am,” he continued, “the laundress tells me some of the girls have two clean tuckers in the week: it is too much; the rules limit them to one.” “I think I can explain that circumstance, sir. Agnes and Catherine Johnstone were invited to take tea with some friends at Lowton last Thursday, and
  2. obsolete A fuller; one who fulls cloth.

Tucker³

  • /ˈtʌkə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈtʌkɚ/ US

Sounds like tucker · Rhymes with -ʌkə(ɹ)

proper noun Tuckers

  1. countable, uncountable A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage. Jackson Sparks and his brother, Tucker, were both struck.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
  4. countable, uncountable A city in DeKalb County, Georgia. In Tucker, another Atlanta suburb, an undocumented man attending church was arrested after ICE agents arrived, pastor Luis Ortiz told CNN. He said he was in the middle of his sermon when he noticed a couple of members of his church escort the man out.
  5. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
  6. countable, uncountable An extinct town in Ripley County, Missouri.
  7. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.

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