Tucker

/'tʌkə/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A detachable piece of fabric: A decorative piece of lace, linen, or other fabric, worn over the chest area of a low-cut dress, historically as a modesty piece or ornament.
    • A person who tucks: (Archaic) A sewer or someone whose job is to make tucks (small, stitched folds) in fabric.
    • A proper noun (capitalized): The surname of notable individuals, such as the vaudeville performer Sophie Tucker or the anarchist Benjamin Tucker.

  2. Verb (informal, chiefly Australian and New Zealand English):

    • To exhaust completely: To wear someone out, to make them very tired.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The antique dress was beautifully finished with a delicate lace tucker.
    • In the 19th century, a tucker was an essential part of a lady's formal attire.

  • Verb:

    • That long hike really tuckered me out.
    • The children played so hard they were completely tuckered by bedtime.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be tuckered out": This is the most common phrasal construction for the verb. It means to be completely exhausted.
    • After moving all the furniture, I was absolutely tuckered out.
Variants and Related Words
  • Tuck (verb): To push, fold, or turn the edges of something inward or into a confined space. (e.g., ). This is the root verb from which "tucker" (the agent noun for a person who tucks) is derived.
  • Bib and Tucker (noun phrase): An old-fashioned, humorous idiom meaning "best clothes" or "finery." (e.g., ). Here, "tucker" refers to the historical piece of fabric.
Synonyms
  • For the verb (to tucker out): Exhaust, fatigue, wear out, tire out, drain, weary, knock out.
  • For the noun (fabric piece): Fichu, modesty piece, neckerchief.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Tucker out: To cause to become very tired; to exhaust. Almost always used in the passive voice ("to be tuckered out").
    • The intense heat tuckered out the marathon runners.
Noun
  1. a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
  2. a sewer who tucks
  3. United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966)
  4. United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)
Verb
  1. wear out completely
    • This kind of work exhausts me
    • I'm beat
    • He was all washed up after the exam

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