tuck into

verb

To eat, especially with gusto.

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Meanings

verbtuck into (third-person singular simple present tucks into, present participle tucking into, simple past and past participle tucked into)

present singular third person tucks into · participle present tucking into · participle past tucked into · past tucked into

  1. transitiveTo eat, especially with gusto.

    If you'll just let little Wackford tuck into something fat, I'll be obliged to you.

    1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in Nicholas Nickleby
    1 more example

    Well-heeled tourists tuck into French cuisine at Cardin's elegant new Maxim's de Pékin.

    1983 November 28, Pico Iyer, “Battling "Spiritual Pollution"”, in Time
  2. transitiveTo place or secure someone or something into a snug location, with items being pushed, folded, or concealed in a tight space.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lace into
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APA

tuck into. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuck%20into

MLA

“tuck into.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuck%20into. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuck into,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuck%20into.

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