tuck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tuck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tuck
Participle: tucked
Gerund: tucking

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ituck
youtuck
he;she;ittucks
wetuck
youtuck
theytuck

Perfect

Ihave tucked
youhave tucked
he;she;ithas tucked
wehave tucked
youhave tucked
theyhave tucked

Past

Itucked
youtucked
he;she;ittucked
wetucked
youtucked
theytucked

Pluperfect

Ihad tucked
youhad tucked
he;she;ithad tucked
wehad tucked
youhad tucked
theyhad tucked

Future

Iwill tuck
youwill tuck
he;she;itwill tuck
wewill tuck
youwill tuck
theywill tuck

Future Perfect

Iwill have tucked
youwill have tucked
he;she;itwill have tucked
wewill have tucked
youwill have tucked
theywill have tucked

Subjunctive

Present

Ituck
youtuck
he;she;ittuck
wetuck
youtuck
theytuck

Perfect

Ihave tucked
youhave tucked
he;she;ithave tucked
wehave tucked
youhave tucked
theyhave tucked

Imperfect

Itucked
youtucked
he;she;ittucked
wetucked
youtucked
theytucked

Pluperfect

Ihad tucked
youhad tucked
he;she;ithad tucked
wehad tucked
youhad tucked
theyhad tucked

Conditional

Present

Iwould tuck
youwould tuck
he;she;itwould tuck
wewould tuck
youwould tuck
theywould tuck

Perfect

Iwould have tucked
youwould have tucked
he;she;itwould have tucked
wewould have tucked
youwould have tucked
theywould have tucked

Imperative

youtuck
weLet's tuck
youtuck

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam tucking
youare tucking
he;she;itis tucking
weare tucking
youare tucking
theyare tucking

Perfect

Ihave been tucking
youhave been tucking
he;she;ithas been tucking
wehave been tucking
youhave been tucking
theyhave been tucking

Past

Iwas tucking
youwere tucking
he;she;itwas tucking
wewere tucking
youwere tucking
theywere tucking

Pluperfect

Ihad been tucking
youhad been tucking
he;she;ithad been tucking
wehad been tucking
youhad been tucking
theyhad been tucking

Future

Iwill be tucking
youwill be tucking
he;she;itwill be tucking
wewill be tucking
youwill be tucking
theywill be tucking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been tucking
youwill have been tucking
he;she;itwill have been tucking
wewill have been tucking
youwill have been tucking
theywill have been tucking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be tucking
youwould be tucking
he;she;itwould be tucking
wewould be tucking
youwould be tucking
theywould be tucking

Perfect

Iwould have been tucking
youwould have been tucking
he;she;itwould have been tucking
wewould have been tucking
youwould have been tucking
theywould have been tucking

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'tuck'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'tuck'

buck, cuck, duck, fuck, huck, luck, muck, puck, ruck, suck,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1385, "to pull or gather up," earlier "to pluck, stretch" (1273, implied in tucker), probably from M.L.G. or M.Du. tucken "pull up, draw up, tug" (cognate with O.E. tucian "mistreat, torment," and related to O.E. togian "to pull," Ger. zucken; see tow). Sense of "thrust into a snug place" is first recorded 1587. Slang meaning "to consume, swallow" is recorded from 1784. The noun is first attested 1387.
2. From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch. See: Middle English 'tuken'.

Verbs referencing "tuck"

Welsh twcio.

Sample Sentences

  • When she awoke, she found herself snugly tucked up on the bed, with a blanket over her, and little Ruth rubbing her hands with camphor. She opened her eyes in a state of dreamy, delicious languor, such as one who has long been bearing a heavy [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] wasn't a speculator. It was de peartest little thing ! and Missis she seemed to think a heap on ’ t, at first; it never cried,—it was likely and fat. But Missis tuck sick, and I tended her; and I tuck the fever, and my milk all left me, and the child it pined to skin and bone, and Missis wouldn't buy milk for it. She wouldn't hear to me, when I telled her I hadn't milk. She said she knowed I [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] it kept me awake, and made me good for nothing. She made me sleep in her room; and I had to put it away off in a little kind o ’ garret, and thar it cried itself to death, one night. It did; and I tuck to drinkin ’, to keep its crying out of my ears ! I did,—and I will drink ! I will, if I do go to torment for it ! Mas’r says I shall go to torment, and I tell him I 've got thar now ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Yes, ma’am, ” said Topsy, with profound attention. “ But the upper sheet, ” said Miss Ophelia, “ must be brought down in this way, and tucked under firm and smooth at the foot,—so,—the narrow hem at the foot. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Dorcas removed a comforter from the bed, straightened the clothes again, and tucked them in till Tom looked something like a chrysalis; remarking, as she did so, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ He won't know Polly,—my old man wo n't. Laws, it's five year since they tuck him ! She was a baby den,—couldn't but jist stand. Remember how tickled he used to be, cause she would keep a fallin ’ over, when she sot out to walk. Laws a me ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • ♪ The mocking foes flee Tucking their tails in agony ♪ (Magudam)