Meaning & use

Tuckered

adjective·Everyday

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Physically exhausted or worn out, typically used in the phrase "tuckered out."

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After the long hike, the kids were completely tuckered out by dinnertime.

She felt tuckered after pulling an all-nighter to finish the report.

A note on using this word

Almost always appears with "out" ("tuckered out"); it comes from the informal American verb "tucker," meaning to tire someone out.

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