Mucked vs Tucked - What's the difference?
mucked | tucked |
(muck)
Slimy mud.
Soft or slimy manure.
dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
Anything filthy or vile.
(obsolete, derogatory) money
* Beaumont and Fletcher
To shovel muck.
To manure with muck.
To do a dirty job.
(poker, colloquial) To pass (gloss, give one's cards back to the dealer).
(tuck)
(lb) To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
(lb) To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
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*:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
(lb) To fit neatly.
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To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
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To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
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To full, as cloth.
To conceal one’s genitals, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
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(lb) To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
An act of tucking ; a pleat or fold.
(sewing) A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
A curled position.
(medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
(music, piano, when playing scales on piano keys) The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
(diving) A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
(archaic) A rapier, a sword.
* 1663 , (Hudibras) , by (Samuel Butler), part 1,
* Sir Walter Scott
Food, especially snack food.
As verbs the difference between mucked and tucked
is that mucked is (muck) while tucked is (tuck).mucked
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*muck
English
Noun
(-)- The car was covered in muck from the rally race.
- I need to clean the muck off my shirt.
- (Francis Bacon)
- What's that green muck on the floor?
- (Spenser)
- the fatal muck we quarrelled for
Derived terms
* mucky * where there's muck there's brassVerb
(en verb)- We need to muck the stable before it gets too thick.
Derived terms
* muck about * muck around * muck in * muck out * muck up * mucker * muckraker * mucky * muck spreader * common as muck * where there's muck there's brass ----tucked
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Verb
(head)tuck
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at touch.Verb
(en verb)Antonyms
* untuckDerived terms
* tuck away * tuck in * tuck into * nip and tuckNoun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- [...] with force he labour'd / To free's blade from retentive scabbard; / And after many a painful pluck, / From rusty durance he bail'd tuck [...]
- (Shakespeare)
- He wore large hose, and a tuck , as it was then called, or rapier, of tremendous length.
