Definitions

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  • adjective of clothing Not tucked in
  • verb transitive Simple past tense and past participle of untuck.

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  • adjective lacking tucks or not being tucked

Etymologies

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un- +‎ tucked

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Examples

  • The question wasn't a surprising one coming from Cooley, who has criticized the NFL in the past for fining players for infractions such as untucked jerseys and socks and towels that were the wrong length.

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2010

  • Marquette's national title year "untucked" jerseys indeed was (image here).

    Rush The Court 2009

  • Slowly, Tak untucked himself from a comfortable nook towards the bottom of an amiable pit of despair.

    Tak Tuckerby Mike Lynch 2011

  • Just inside, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were secluded inside their dressing rooms, but one guest brought them out, Baldwin still in his street clothes and Martin with his tuxedo shirt untucked and unbuttoned.

    Onstage drama and backstage delight at the Academy Awards 2010

  • The driver was large, with a gut bulging his untucked pink shirt, the other two lighter, all slightly feline in the way they moved.

    Offramp David Ackley 2011

  • All I could see were bright colors, baggy pants, long, untucked shirts with flowing patterns of colors and zits.

    Unpleated Coe Douglas 2011

  • And it was shown on a model tucked in, rather than untucked as it's usually shown.

    Resort Wear from Luxe to Laid Back Ray A. Smith 2011

  • Natalie Pace: "The five things you're supposed to ask a potential husband candidate: tighty-whities, boxers or commando, Mac or PC, sheets tucked or untucked, toilet paper under or over, and what's your relationship with your mother?"

    Step Up/Smarty Professional Development Panel At UCLA Anderson School Huffington Post 2010

  • A crowded train pulls into the crowded station, where the platform looks not unlike it does during the evening commute -- only younger, more untucked and a lot more inebriated.

    Metro after Midnight: ‘If they cut service, I might jump’ J. Freedom du Lac 2011

  • Natalie Pace: "The five things you're supposed to ask a potential husband candidate: tighty-whities, boxers or commando, Mac or PC, sheets tucked or untucked, toilet paper under or over, and what's your relationship with your mother?"

    Step Up/Smarty Professional Development Panel At UCLA Anderson School Huffington Post 2010

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