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tucker

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tucker.

Editorial note

Tucker of the Kuhn-Tucker conditions -- Kuhn and Tucker were both at Princeton.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A number of places in the United States:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tucker gathered in one view.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

noun

A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tucker.

noun

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

noun

A south-western English surname originating as an occupation; equivalent to Fuller.

noun

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Example sentences

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Tucker of the Kuhn-Tucker conditions -- Kuhn and Tucker were both at Princeton.

2

And then, as if he was trying to compliment her, he told Tucker she was different.

3

This goes back to the early days of the industry and carries on through today, from Tucker to the Rally Fighter.

4

The scandal of the Big 3 killing smaller car companies like the Tucker 48.

5

Whatever interest I had in knowing what Benjamin Tucker said about this issue, I've lost due to your smugly phrased sentence.

6

I have no idea who Benjamin Tucker was and how he is relevant.

7

I rather like the idea of Malcolm Tucker protecting the world from obscenities.

8

Tucker argument about dual ownership of a patent; Spooner conceding to Tucker that co-inventors should each be able to freely license, then Tucker asking if one inventor were to give away the license to the world for free would he be infringing on the other inventor's rights.

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We've talked to Tucker Taft about Ada and Rust before, though it was a while ago and I mostly recall that we discussed aspects of Ada's standardization process (I think Graydon was a fan of Ada's spec).

Quote examples

1

I imagine Malcolm Tucker from The Thick Of It screaming down to the BBC offices and making sure they use the official party line regarding "porn filter" vs "Great Firewall of Cameron".

2

Similar to Tucker Max and Lioncrest, I heard him on a podcast the other day about how people kept asking him how to self publish and he would go into great detail and they would lose interest, until an entrepreneur yelled at him, she basically said, "this is my problem find a solution" and he came up with a completely novel way to self publish, that was unthinkable before.

Proper noun examples

1

Then have the thing show that for problems in functional form the Zangwill and Kuhn-Tucker constraint qualifications are independent.

2

Tucker (prof of the prof that was the Chair of my Graduate Board orals), D.

3

E.g., for problems in functional form, are the Zangwill and Kuhn-Tucker constraint qualifications independent?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tucker in a sentence?

Tucker of the Kuhn-Tucker conditions -- Kuhn and Tucker were both at Princeton.

What does tucker mean?

A number of places in the United States:

What part of speech is tucker?

tucker is commonly used as noun.