Tuck vs Tock - What's the difference?
tuck | tock |
(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.
(used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
To produce such a sound.
* Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
* 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
As verbs the difference between tuck and tock
is that tuck is (lb) to pull or gather up (an item of fabric) while tock is to produce such a sound.As nouns the difference between tuck and tock
is that tuck is an act of tucking ; a pleat or fold or tuck can be (archaic) a rapier, a sword or tuck can be the beat of a drum or tuck can be food, especially snack food while tock is (used in conjunction with tick) a clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.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.
Etymology 3
Compare tocsin.Etymology 4
(etyl) .Noun
(-)Derived terms
* tuck shop * tuck box * tuck in ----tock
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* tick-tockVerb
(en verb)- The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
- The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.