Search Result for "tucker":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (4)
1. United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939);
[syn: Tucker, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker]
2. United States vaudevillian (born in Russia) noted for her flamboyant performances (1884-1966);
[syn: Tucker, Sophie Tucker]
3. a sewer who tucks;
4. a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress;
VERB (1)
1. wear out completely;
- Example: "This kind of work exhausts me"
- Example: "I'm beat"
- Example: "He was all washed up after the exam"
[syn: exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tucker \Tuck"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made. [1913 Webster] 2. A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later. [1913 Webster] 3. [See Tuck, v. t., 4.] A fuller. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. Tuck, n., 5.] Daily food; meals; also, food in general. [Slang or Colloq.] Tobacco, matches, and tucker, the latter comprising almost anything within the province of food. --C. L. Money. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tucker \Tuck"er\, v. t. To tire; to weary; -- usually with out. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]U.S. Gazetteer (1990):
Tucker, AR Zip code(s): 72168 Tucker, GA (CDP, FIPS 77652) Location: 33.85460 N, 84.22308 W Population (1990): 25781 (10416 housing units) Area: 31.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30084 Tucker, MS (CDP, FIPS 74675) Location: 32.70747 N, 89.04890 W Population (1990): 459 (124 housing units) Area: 9.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "tucker": C ration, K ration, allotment, allowance, apron, beat, bib, board, bread, bread and butter, bugger, burn out, cheer, comestibles, commons, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, debilitate, do in, do up, eatables, edibles, emergency rations, enervate, exhaust, fag, fag out, fare, fast food, fatigue, feast, field rations, flag, food, food and drink, foodstuff, frazzle, harass, health food, ingesta, jade, junk food, kitchen stuff, knock, knock out, knock up, meals, meat, mess, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, pinafore, poop, poop out, prostrate, provender, provision, rations, short commons, smock, spread, sustenance, table, tire, tire out, tire to death, use up, viands, victuals, vittles, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind
