tuck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tuck

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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