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Tuck (surname) Tuck is a surname, borne by many people and institutions. The name is related to Tucker and Tooke. Tuck is a masculine name and sometimes nickname given to someone bearing the name of Tucker in many countries. The English surname Tuck is of patro ...
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Tuck (nickname) Tuck or the Tuck is a nickname of: * William "Tuck" Andress, half of the American jazz duo Tuck & Patti * Everett E. Kelly (1898–1983), American college football player * James McIntyre (footballer) (1863–1943), Scottish footballer * George ...
, a list of people * Tuck (footballer), Portuguese football player and coach João Carlos Novo de Araújo Gonçalves (born 1969) *
Hillary Tuck Hillary Tuck is an American actress. She had roles in the NBC Saturday Morning sitcom '' Hang Time'' (1995–1996) and Disney's '' Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show''. She has also guest starred in such television series as '' Roseanne'', ...
(born 1978), American actress born Hillary Sue Hedges * Tuck Langland, American sculptor * Tuck Woolum, American former college football player and head coach *
Trinity the Tuck Ryan A. Taylor, known professionally as Trinity "The Tuck" Taylor or just Trinity the Tuck (born December 10, 1985),Taylor in is an American drag queen and recording artist best known for competing on the ninth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' ...
, American drag queen


Fictional characters

* Tuck, a pill bug in the 1998 animated film ''
A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Sta ...
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Friar Tuck Friar Tuck is one of the legendary Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood. History The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games festivals of England and Scotland during the 15th through 17th centur ...
, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men * Tuck, the family name of characters in the novel ''
Tuck Everlasting ''Tuck Everlasting'' is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1975. It has sold over 5 million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literatu ...
'' and two film adaptations * Turtle Tuck, in the animated series ''
Wonder Pets ''Wonder Pets!'' is an American educational animated children's television series created by Josh Selig for Nickelodeon. The series follows a trio of classroom pets—Linny the Guinea Pig, Turtle Tuck and Ming-Ming Duckling—who use teamwork to ...
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Tuck Tuck may refer to: People * Tuck (surname), including a list of people * Tuck (nickname), a list of people * Tuck (footballer), Portuguese football player and coach João Carlos Novo de Araújo Gonçalves (born 1969) * Hillary Tuck (born 1978 ...
, in the animated series ''My Life as a Teenage Robot''


Sports

* Back or front tuck, a type of acrobatic flip * One of several dive positions


Other uses

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Tuck (sewing) In sewing, a tuck is a fold or pleat in fabric that is sewn or fastened in place. Small tucks, especially multiple parallel tucks, may be used to decorate clothing or household linens. When the tucks are very narrow, they are called pintucks or ...
, a fold or pleat in fabric that is sewn in place *
Tuck (sword) The French estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century. It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade of around to ...
, also known as an ''estoc'' in French *
Tuck School of Business The Tuck School of Business (also known as Tuck, and formally known as the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance) is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Founded in ...
, the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States * Tuck Baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain *
Tuck, Kentucky Tuck is an unincorporated community in Daviess County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders ...
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Mount Tuck Mount Tuck () is a pyramidal mountain (3,560 m) at the head of Hansen Glacier, the summit of Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Hansen Glacier to the north, Hough Glacier to the south and ...
, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica * ''Tuck'', third novel in the
King Raven Trilogy The King Raven Trilogy is a series of historical novels by American writer Stephen R. Lawhead, based on the Robin Hood legend. Lawhead relocates Robin Hood from Sherwood Forest in Nottingham to Wales, and sets the story in the late eleventh centu ...
, by Stephen R. Lawhead * Tuck., botanical author abbreviation for
Edward Tuckerman Edward Tuckerman (December 7, 1817 in Boston, Massachusetts – March 15, 1886) was an American botanist and professor who made significant contributions to the study of lichens and other alpine plants. He was a founding member of the Natura ...
(1817–1886), American botanist and professor


See also

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Mach tuck Mach tuck is an aerodynamic effect whereby the nose of an aircraft tends to pitch downward as the airflow around the wing reaches supersonic speeds. This diving tendency is also known as tuck under. The aircraft will first experience this effect ...
, a dangerous change in pitching tendency of some aircraft during transonic flight *
Tuck shop A tuck shop is a small retailer located either within or close-to the grounds of a school, hospital, apartment complex, or other similar facility. In traditional British usage, tuck shops are associated chiefly with the sale of confectionery, swe ...
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Krewe of Tucks Krewe of Tucks is a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe. History and formation Tucks began in 1969 as a group of Loyola University students applied for a parade permit. The club takes its name from Friar Tuck's, an Uptown New Orleans local gathering ho ...
, New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe * Tucking * Tuk (disambiguation) {{disambiguation