tucker 1 of 2

chiefly Australian

tucker (out)

2 of 2

verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tucker
Noun
In April, President Trump signed an executive order requiring interstate tuckers to read and speak the language proficiently in order to maintain their licenses. Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 What's the difference between tummy tucker and shapewear? Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023 According to Richards, some use tummy tucker and shapewear interchangeably. Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023 To picnic like an Aussie, load up your esky (cooler) with some tucker (food) and stubbies (bottles of beer). Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2020 The top part of the carpet is then tucked underneath the top lip of the Z-bar and secured by a carpet tucker or hammering, creating an even flow between the two materials. Sarah Baird, House Beautiful, 14 Sep. 2020 Now Ms Talacko exports tasty tucker to 25 countries. The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019 Hang’ is a fascinatingly oblique piece by the British scribe debbie tucker green that lasts just 75 minutes. Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tucker
Noun
  • If crops and fruits are only partially harvested, food prices will go up.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • For Red Circle Inn's general manager, Kyle Johnson, food is only part of the story.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • The deceased woman was also wearing a black necklace with a cross that family said belonged to DiNapoli, according to court documents.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
  • More specifically, Middleton often wears two silhouettes: Superga 2750 Cotu Classics (usually $75, now as little as $35) and Veja Esplars (usually $150, now $128).
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • In that incident, a rooftop gunman fired at Trump from roughly 150 yards away, grazing his right ear and killing one attendee, Corey Comperatore, before Secret Service agents shot the attacker dead.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • The legislation didn’t kill Biden-era tax credits for manufacturers, as some had feared.
    Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Bánh Anh Em bakes its bread in house—enormous, airy rugby balls of yeast and flour, with crackly thin crusts and a crumb as light as soufflé.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • As of June, white bread was priced at $1.86 per pound.
    Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, 19 July 2025
Verb
  • There’s not been enough rest on the ball, keeping it and pinning teams in (their defensive third) and tiring them out.
    Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Runs in them were short, quick bursts, relishing the feeling of power transferring through my feet but being careful not to tire and start clunking.
    Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • While others exhaust themselves and their budgets staying open for ghosts and insomniacs, smart operators perfect their performance when the audience is there.
    Elie Y. Katz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • According to a report released by Social Security trustees last month, once the trust fund is exhausted, payroll taxes would only be sufficient to cover about 77 percent of scheduled benefits.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • After years spent in kitchens across the country, Chris Kirby was burnt out.
    Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 12 July 2025
  • The cuts in the bill will also mean the hospital will have to continue its hiring freeze — a move that risks burning out staff members already strained from the pandemic and high patient loads.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Two years earlier, at the World Cup in France, they had also been knocked out at the first hurdle after three successive draws.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • This heady one-two punch of opium and alcohol was widely used to knock out pain or discomfort, whatever the cause.
    Sam Kelly, Time, 8 July 2025

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“Tucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tucker. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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