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Definitions for Pucker

[1] to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict: Worry puckered his brow.
[2] a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
[3] a puckered part, as of cloth tightly or crookedly sewn.
[4] Archaic . a state of agitation or perturbation.
[5] 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
[6] a wrinkle, crease, or irregular fold

Words related to Pucker

crinkle, ruck, crease, fold, plait, crumple, furrow, ruckle, tighten, squeeze, ruffle, purse, gather, compress, condense, contract, cockle, knit

Words nearby Pucker

puck, puck control, puck hog, puck-carrier, pucka, pucker, puckerood, puckery, puckish, puckout, pud

Origin of Pucker

1590–1600; apparently a frequentative form connected with poke2; see -er6 and for the meaning cf. purse

Other words from Pucker

puck·er·er , noun
un·puck·ered , adjective

Word origin for Pucker

C16: perhaps related to poke ², from the creasing into baglike wrinkles

Synonyms for Pucker

crease, crinkle, crumple, fold, furrow, plait, ruck, ruckle