Thesaurus / tuck
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On the downhills, ski mountaineers don’t get into as deep a tuck as alpine skiers, both because the terrain is a lot more uneven and unpredictable and, let’s be honest, because their legs are still shot from the uphill.
THE COMPLEX PHYSIOLOGY OF SKI MOUNTAINEERINGMMIRHASHEMNOVEMBER 13, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEEven in the 1980s, Yurchenko attempted double tucks when she vaulted over stacked mats into the pit.
YURCHENKO AND BEYOND: THE ORIGINS OF SIMONE BILES’S REVOLUTIONARY VAULTEMILY GIAMBALVOJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFirst flipSecond flipBiles said she chose to flip in a piked position, rather than a tuck, because it is easier for her to grab her legs.
YURCHENKO AND BEYOND: THE ORIGINS OF SIMONE BILES’S REVOLUTIONARY VAULTEMILY GIAMBALVOJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFirst flip Second flip Biles said she chose to flip in a piked position, rather than a tuck, because it is easier for her to grab her legs.
YURCHENKO AND BEYOND: THE ORIGINS OF SIMONE BILES’S REVOLUTIONARY VAULTEMILY GIAMBALVOJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPre-pandemic, Cassileth says business was good as patients had more disposable income, and were excited to do popular procedures like liposuction, breast implants, and tummy tucks.
THE ZOOM EFFECT: WHY PLASTIC SURGERY AND COSMETIC PROCEDURES MIGHT BE MORE POPULAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMICRACHEL KINGOCTOBER 3, 2020FORTUNEAnd, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSI pick up the newspaper that had fallen under the seat, spread it over his legs, and tuck the ends underneath.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANIt is to guard against this that so many of his compatriots tuck their napkins in at their necks.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 147, NOVEMBER 4, 1914VARIOUSIve seen a lot of booze-fighters, and helped tuck some of them underground, but I never saw any rum hound just like this guy.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONI don't think you've grown much, Francie—and oh, by-the-bye, I believe there's a tuck that could be let down.'
ROBIN REDBREASTMARY LOUISA MOLESWORTHWORDS RELATED TO TUCK
- bend
- circumvolution
- cockle
- convolution
- corrugation
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- crumple
- dog's ear
- flection
- flexure
- furrow
- gather
- gathering
- groove
- knife-edge
- lap
- lapel
- layer
- loop
- overlap
- plait
- pleat
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- ridge
- rimple
- rivel
- ruche
- ruck
- ruffle
- rumple
- shirring
- smocking
- tuck
- turn
- wrinkle
- bend
- circumvolution
- cockle
- convolution
- corrugation
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- crumple
- dog's ear
- double
- flection
- flexure
- furrow
- gather
- gathering
- groove
- knife-edge
- lap
- lapel
- layer
- loop
- overlap
- plait
- pleat
- plica
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- ridge
- rimple
- rivel
- ruche
- ruffle
- rumple
- shirring
- smocking
- tuck
- turn
- wrinkle
- activity
- animation
- application
- ardor
- birr
- dash
- drive
- endurance
- enterprise
- exertion
- fire
- force
- forcefulness
- fortitude
- get-up-and-go
- go
- hardihood
- initiative
- intensity
- juice
- life
- liveliness
- might
- moxie
- muscle
- operativeness
- pep
- pizazz
- pluck
- potency
- power
- puissance
- punch
- spirit
- spontaneity
- stamina
- steam
- strength
- toughness
- tuck
- vehemence
- verve
- vim
- virility
- vitality
- vivacity
- zeal
- zest
- zing
- zip
- élan
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