Tucker may refer to:

Places

United States

Tucker, Arkansas Tucker is an Unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Arkansas. It is located southeast of Little Rock. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 95. History In 1871 John Wood ...

Tucker, Georgia Tucker is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, located near Atlanta and was originally settled in the 1820s, and later developed as a railroad community in 1892. According to the 2016 United States Census Bureau annual estimat ...

Tucker, Mississippi Tucker is a census-designated place (CDP) in Neshoba County, Mississippi. It is one of the eight communities of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Reservation and the population is 93% Choctaw. The population was 642 at the 2020 census. Geo ...

* Tucker, Missouri *

Tucker, Utah Tucker is a ghost town located near the east end of the Spanish Fork River in Utah County, Utah, Utah County, Utah, United States below Soldier Summit, Utah, Soldier Summit on U.S. Route 6 in Utah, U.S. Route 6. It was once an important loading ...

, ghost town *

Tucker County, West Virginia Tucker County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,762, making it West Virginia's fourth-least populous county. Its county seat is Parsons. The county was created in 1856 from a part of ...

Outer space

* Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Mare Smythii

People

Tucker (given name) Tucker is a given name of mixed origin, likely deriving from the occupational surname referring to a "cloth-softener". The word 'Tucker' comes from the German word ''Tucher'', meaning cloth-weaver. People with the given name "Tucker" include A ...

, a page for people with the given name "Tucker" *

Tucker (surname) Tucker is a surname of disputed origin. Possible derivation of the name The origin of the name is not entirely certain, but since it has a long history as a surname on the continent, as in England and from thereon, also in the United States, it p ...

, a page for people with the last name "Tucker" *

Tucker (American wrestler) Levi Rolla Cooper (born July 24, 1990) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Tucker. After signing with WWE in 2013, he was assigned to their developmental bra ...

Tucker (Northern Irish wrestler) Paul Gallagher (born 5 April 1990), better known by his ring name Tucker, is a Northern Irish professional wrestler, who is currently working in the independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Tucker made his debut on the European inde ...

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

*Tucker, a Shetland pony in the film, ''

Racing Stripes ''Racing Stripes'' is a 2005 American sports comedy family film directed by Frederik Du Chau. The film was produced by Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Lloyd Phillips and Edward L. McDonnell, based on a script written by David Schmidt, S ...

'' *Tucker's, the club in the ''

Black Mirror ''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology series, anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Most episodes are set in near-future dystopias containing Science fiction, sci-fi technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series i ...

'' episode, "San Junipero", where Yorkie and Kelly first meet

Film and television

* '' Tucker: The Man and His Dream'', film about Preston Tucker * ''Tucker'' (2000 TV series), a 2000–2001 American television series that aired on NBC * ''Tucker'' (2005 TV program), a 2005–2008 American television program, previously called ''The Situation with Tucker Carlson'', hosted by Tucker Carlson that aired on MSNBC ** ''

Tucker Carlson Tonight ''Tucker Carlson Tonight'' is an American conservative talk show and current affairs program hosted by political commentator Tucker Carlson. The show aired on Fox News from November 14, 2016, to April 21, 2023, replacing '' On the Record'' ho ...

'', the Fox News program formerly hosted by Tucker Carlson * ''

Tucker's Luck ''Tucker's Luck'' is a British television drama series made by the BBC between 1983 and 1985. The series is a spin-off from the school drama ''Grange Hill'' and capitalised on the popularity of one of the series' original characters – Peter " ...

'', a British television series starring Todd Carty as Tucker that aired on BBC

Brands and enterprises

Tucker 48 The Tucker 48, commonly but incorrectly referred to as the Tucker Torpedo, was an Car, automobile conceived by Preston Tucker while in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and briefly produced in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in 1948. Only 51 cars were made inclu ...

, also nicknamed "Tucker Torpedo", a 1948 sedan automobile *

Tucker Sno-Cat The Tucker Sno-Cat is a family of tracked vehicles for snow conditions, manufactured in Medford, Oregon by the company of the same name. Different models have been used for expeditions in the Arctic and the Antarctic during the second half of ...

, manufacturer of snowcats

Ships

* USS ''Henry W. Tucker'', name of more than one United States Navy ship * USS ''Tucker'', name of more than one United States Navy ship

Other uses

Tucker (dog) Tucker is a scat detection dog famous for his ability to find orca scat from the prow of a boat. A black Labrador Retriever, Labrador retriever mix, he was born in August 2004, and adopted by Conservation Canines in May 2006 from SnoLine Kennels ...

, scat detection dog * Tucker, a practitioner of

fulling Fulling, also known as tucking or walking ( Scots: ''waukin'', hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate ( lanolin) oils, ...

, a step in the processing of woolen cloth *

Bush tucker Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and historically eaten by Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora, fauna, or fungi used for culinary or medicinal ...

, Australian expression for food obtained from native plants and animals *

Tucker bag Tucker bag is a traditional Australian term for a storage bag used by travellers in the outback, typically a swagman or bushman, for carrying subsistence food (the term ''tucker'' being Australian and New Zealand slang for food). In its basic design ...

, tucker box, historically used by travelers in the Australian outback *

Tucker decomposition In mathematics, Tucker decomposition decomposes a tensor into a set of matrices and one small core tensor. It is named after Ledyard R. Tucker although it goes back to Hitchcock in 1927. Initially described as a three-mode extension of factor an ...

, mathematical decomposition for tensors *

Tuckerization Tuckerization (or tuckerism) is the act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke. The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a pioneering American science fiction writer, fan and fanzine editor, who made a practice of using his f ...

, act of using a person's name in an original story as an in-joke *

Tucker Act The Tucker Act (March 3, 1887, ch. 359, , ) is a federal statute of the United States by which the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits. The Tucker Act may be divided into the "Big" Tucker A ...

, United States sovereign immunity statute {{Disambiguation, geo, given name English masculine given names Masculine given names