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name
A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in DeKalb County, Georgia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An extinct town in Ripley County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Utah County, Utah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
One who or that which tucks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Food; tuck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable
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noun
Work that scarcely yields a living wage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, slang, uncountable
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noun
Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A fuller; one who fulls cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: yoke
noun
a sewer who tucks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sewer
noun
United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sophie Tucker
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Broader terms: comedienne, vaudevillian
noun
United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Benjamin Ricketson Tucker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anarchist, nihilist, syndicalist
verb
wear out completely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
Narrower terms: frazzle, play, kill
History
From tuck + -er.
Inherited from Middle English tukere (“one who dresses or finishes cloth”).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
