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Tucker has 9 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)

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2

United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)

"The audience roared with laughter as Tucker, the legendary Russian-born vaudevillian, took the stage."

3

a sewer who tucks

"The skilled tailor worked as a tucker, carefully folding and stitching the lining of each coat by hand."

4

a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress

"She fastened a delicate white tucker over her deep neckline to provide modesty while maintaining an elegant silhouette."

5

One who or that which tucks.

"The old-fashioned lace tucker was tied neatly at her neck to cover the top of her blouse."

6

Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.

In plain English: A tucker is an old-fashioned word for food that gives you energy, though it rarely means anything specific today.

"He was too tired to do any more work after hitting his tucker on that long hike."

Usage: As a verb, use tucker to describe something that causes extreme fatigue, though this usage is now rare and often replaced by the more common noun phrase "the daily grind" in modern speech. Avoid confusing it with standard verbs like exhaust or tire, as tucker functions primarily as an informal descriptor for a state of being worn out rather than the direct action itself.

Verb
1

wear out completely

"This kind of work exhausts me"

"I'm beat"

"He was all washed up after the exam"

2

To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.

"The long hike through the swamp finally tuckered him out by sunset."

In plain English: To tucker means to make someone feel very tired by doing something hard for them.

"He ate a big lunch because he thought tucker would help him work hard all day."

Proper Noun
1

A south-western English occupational surname, from occupations; equivalent to Fuller.

"The genealogist traced the family history back to an ancestor named Tucker whose profession as a fuller was recorded in old parish registers."

Example Sentences
"He was too tired to do any more work after hitting his tucker on that long hike." noun
"He ate a big lunch because he thought tucker would help him work hard all day." verb
"After running for an hour, I was completely tucker out from all the effort." verb
"The long hike really tuckered me by the time we reached the summit." verb
"Don't worry about doing everything today; you are already too tuckered to work efficiently." verb
See Also
living wage fuller best bib and tucker tire out tuck tucker fucker tuckering tuckers
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sewer yoke tire
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
frazzle play kill

Origin

The word tucker is a compound formed by adding the suffix -er to tuck. It was first used as slang around 1906 to describe someone who eats large amounts of food or an excessive eater, shifting from its literal root meaning of making something tight.

Rhyming Words
ker aker pker oker riker faker puker nuker paker laker koker raker hoker asker siker taker joker inker waker acker
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