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Pucker meaning in English

Meaning of Pucker in English

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Pucker

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Noun

1. pucker, ruck

an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

Verb

2. cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple

to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

Example Sentences:
'She puckered her lips'

3. gather, pucker, tuck

draw together into folds or puckers

4. pucker, ruck, ruck up

become wrinkled or drawn together

Example Sentences:
'her lips puckered'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Pucker

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verb
1. 
to gather or contract (a soft surface such as the skin of the face) into wrinkles or folds, or (of such a surface) to be so gathered or contracted
noun
2. 
a wrinkle, crease, or irregular fold

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Pucker

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to draw up or gather into wrinkles or small folds
noun
2. 
a wrinkle or small fold made by puckering

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Pucker

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v. puck·ered, puck·er·ing, puck·ers
v.tr.
To gather into small wrinkles or folds: puckered my lips; puckered the curtains.
v.intr.
To become gathered, contracted, and wrinkled.
n.
1. A wrinkle or wrinkled part, as in tightly stitched cloth.
2. A facial expression in which the lips are tightly pulled together and pushed outward.
3. A tart flavor that causes one's lips to pucker: the pucker of lemon.

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