tuckered out
English
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Verb
[edit]- simple past and past participle of tucker out
Adjective
[edit]tuckered out (comparative more tuckered out, superlative most tuckered out)
- (informal) Tired, exhausted, worn out; spent.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fatigued
- After a day of hauling concrete, she was pretty well tuckered out.
- 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 352:
- She staggered through the reeds to the island ahead and flattened on the ground. Didn’t know how long she had been running. Panting and tuckered out.