tuck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tuck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tuck sth up
Participle: tucked sth up
Gerund: tucking sth up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ituck sth up
youtuck sth up
he;she;ittucks sth up
wetuck sth up
youtuck sth up
theytuck sth up

Perfect

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

Past

Itucked sth up
youtucked sth up
he;she;ittucked sth up
wetucked sth up
youtucked sth up
theytucked sth up

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Ituck sth up
youtuck sth up
he;she;ittuck sth up
wetuck sth up
youtuck sth up
theytuck sth up

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Itucked sth up
youtucked sth up
he;she;ittucked sth up
wetucked sth up
youtucked sth up
theytucked sth up

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtuck sth up
weLet's tuck sth up
youtuck sth up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)