tuck – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of tuck

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)