Meaning of TUCKER
Pronunciation: | | 'tukur, 'tukur
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- [n] a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
- [n] a sewer who tucks
- [n] United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
- [n] United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
- [v] wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
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| Synonyms: | | beat, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, exhaust, Sophie Tucker, tucker out, wash up |
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| See Also: | | anarchist, fag, fag out, fatigue, frazzle, jade, nihilist, outwear, play, sewer, syndicalist, tire, tire out, vaudevillian, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, yoke | |
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| Definition: | | Tucker When young Shell Tucker sees Bob Heseltine`s gang rob his father of $20,000, he knows what he has to do. While tracking the thieves and the gold from Colorado to California, Tucker is shot by the outlaws and left to die. Now Tucker`s mad enough to want to live--and to wreak vengeance on the thieves. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tuck"er\, n. [Cf. {Tuck}, n., 5.]
Daily food; meals; also, food in general. [Slang or Colloq.]
Tobacco, matches, and tucker, the latter comprising
almost anything within the province of food. --C. L.
Money.
\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. [See {Tuck}, v. t., 4.] A fuller. [Prov. Eng.]
\Tuck"er\, v. t.
To tire; to weary; -- usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.]
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