hearty tucker
- noun
- UK
:
comida sustanciosa
- They arrived at the campsite starving and ready for some hearty tucker.
Examples
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The pub is famous for serving traditional hearty tucker at reasonable prices.
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After a tough day at work, nothing beats a plate of hearty tucker.
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After the hike, we enjoyed a delicious hearty tucker.
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I always look forward to a hearty tucker after a long day.
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After a tough day at work, nothing beats a plate of hearty tucker.
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They arrived at the campsite starving and ready for some hearty tucker.
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The pub is famous for serving traditional hearty tucker at reasonable prices.
Synonyms
2
1.6
A large filling meal that makes you feel full and warm
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9.4
Tasty, filling food like a home-cooked meal or pub food
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2.7
A thick, filling soup with meat and vegetables, often with beans or rice
Food that people eat to fill their stomachs during work or travel
Antonyms
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given that 'hearty' means wholesome/satisfying and 'tucker' (informal) means food, an average B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer 'hearty tucker' as a substantial, satisfying meal; the adjective–noun compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically familiar. Although 'tucker' is regionally marked (Australian/British), that dialectal note does not reduce compositional transparency when the constituents are known.
Etymology
Hearty tucker joins hearty, meaning full and warming, and tucker, an old British and Australian word for 'food'. It creates the image of a big, warm meal that fills you up, so it means 'a substantial and satisfying meal'.