tucker

C2+ Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈtʌkɚ/ UK /ˈtʌkə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
food or provisions, especially in Australian usage

After the long hike they sat down to a hearty bit of tucker.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · food or provisions,... food provisions grub victuals fare

Word family

Related forms tuck

Etymology

From tuck (in the sense 'to eat heartily', from Old English tucian 'to torment, mistreat', later 'to pull, gather') + the suffix -er; the Australian sense 'food' developed in the 19th century.

tucian Old English

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Food & Drink Word Formation & Derivatives

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# tucker

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʌkɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʌkə/

## Meanings
1. food or provisions, especially in Australian usage

## Examples
- After the long hike they sat down to a hearty bit of tucker.

## Synonyms
- food
- provisions
- grub
- victuals
- fare

## Related Forms
- tuck

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tucian

## Etymology
From tuck (in the sense 'to eat heartily', from Old English tucian 'to torment, mistreat', later 'to pull, gather') + the suffix -er; the Australian sense 'food' developed in the 19th century.

## AI Etymology
Tucker is from tuck (in the sense 'to eat heartily', from Old English tucian 'to torment, mistreat', later 'to pull, gather') + the suffix -er; the Australian sense 'food' developed in the 19th century. Important recorded forms include tucian (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers food or provisions, especially in Australian usage. The wider family includes related words such as tuck.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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