Meaning & use
tuck shop
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Meaning
nouncountableBritish
A small shop, often in a school, that sells snacks, sweets and drinks to students.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a tuck shop' or 'the tuck shop', and the plural is 'tuck shops'.
Patterns
- at the tuck shop
- run a tuck shop
- the school tuck shop
We bought crisps and juice at the tuck shop during break.
The school tuck shop opens every morning before classes.
She volunteers at the tuck shop on Fridays.
Word forms
| plural | tuck shops |
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Common combinations
- school tuck shop
- The school tuck shop sells healthy snacks now.
- at the tuck shop
- I'll meet you at the tuck shop after lunch.
- run a tuck shop
- The parents run a tuck shop to raise money.
- tuck shop duty
- He has tuck shop duty on Mondays.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: tuck shop or tuck?
tuck shop vs tuck
As a noun, 'tuck' is British informal for food, especially sweets; 'tuck shop' is the place that sells it.
Practice
Where would you most likely find a tuck shop?
Choose one answer.
A tuck shop is typically a small snack shop in a school. The other places are not associated with this word.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “tuck shop”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.