tuck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tuck

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youtuck up sb
weLet's tuck up sb
youtuck up sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)