tucker
/ˈtʌkɚ/verb, noun
tucker is spelled T-U-C-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, tucker means “To tire out or exhaust a person or animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tucker?
| Letters | 6: T-U-C-K-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.2 times per million words; the 9,735th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tucker?
Tucker appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tucker?
- UK /ˈtʌkə/
- UK [ˈtʰʌkə]
- US /ˈtʌkɚ/
Tucker has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-tucker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tucker?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tucker from its last stressed vowel (/ʌkəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tucker
- tuckers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- tuckering participle, present
- tuckered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tucker mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
Man, I’m so tuckered from my run today.
noun
- 1
One who or that which tucks.
Discrimination. Firm, after having had a long controversy with its tuckers, laid off the whole tucking department for a week. Union maintained it was a clear case cf discrimination against the tuckers on account of the recent controversy. D
- 2
AustraliacolloquialFood; tuck.
- 3
datedslangWork that scarcely yields a living wage.
- 4
Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
- 5
obsoleteA fuller; one who fulls cloth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tucker come from?
From tuck + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).