Associations to the word «Tucker»

Wiktionary

TUCKER, verb. To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
TUCKER, noun. (countable) One who or that which tucks.
TUCKER, noun. (uncountable) (colloquial) (Australia) (New Zealand) Food.
TUCKER, noun. (countable) Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
TUCKER, noun. (obsolete) A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
TUCKER, proper noun. A south-western English occupational surname​; equivalent to Fuller.
TUCKER, proper noun. A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.
TUCKER BOX, noun. Alternative form of tuckerbox
TUCKER BOXES, noun. Plural of tucker box
TUCKER FUCKER, noun. (Australia) (slang) (disparaging) A cook, especially a second-rate one.
TUCKER FUCKER, noun. (Australia) (slang) A microwave oven.
TUCKER FUCKER, noun. (Australia) (slang) Tomato sauce.
TUCKER FUCKERS, noun. Plural of tucker fucker
TUCKER OUT, verb. (idiomatic) To exhaust; to tire out.
TUCKER TELEPHONE, noun. A torture device designed using parts from an old-fashioned crank telephone

Dictionary definition

TUCKER, noun. United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939).
TUCKER, noun. United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966).
TUCKER, noun. A sewer who tucks.
TUCKER, noun. A detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress.
TUCKER, verb. Wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats