Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tucket

/ˈtʌkɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: tuck-et
IPA: /ˈtʌkɪt/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.

Example Sentences

"[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!""

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”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: touchet

Inflected Forms

tuckets (plural)

Synonyms

flourish fanfare

Rhymes With

bucket nantucket

Questions

How do you pronounce tucket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʌkɪt/.
What does tucket mean?: A fanfare played on one or more trumpets, bugles or similar.
Where does tucket come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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