tucket

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtʌkɪt/
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/ˈtʌkɪt/ · /ˈtʌkət/

Definition of tucket

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.
    “[T]hen let the Trumpets ſound / The Tucket Sonuance, and the Note to mount: / For our approach ſhall ſo much dare the field, / That England ſhall couch downe in feare, and yeeld.”
    “But just then the dull beat of many horses on the snow suddenly arose in the hollow ear of the night, and, with incredible swiftness, drew nearer and swelled louder. At the same time, answering tuckets repeated and repeated Hatch's call "Rally, rally!" cried Dick. "Rally upon me! Rally for your lives!"”

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Etymology

From tuck (“a blow, a drum beat”), from Old French touchet (“stroke, blow”). Compare toccata. Compare also Middle French toquer from Old French *toquer (“to strike”).

Words you can make from tucket

15 playable · top: CUKE (10 pts)

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4-letter words

2 words

3-letter words

9 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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