Definition of pucker Pucker
/pʌˈkɚ/ - [puker] - puck•er
We found 14 definitions of pucker from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: puckers |
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| pucker - an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) | ||
| ruck | ||
| plication, crease, crimp, flexure, bend, fold the act of folding in parallel folds | ||
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| pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" | ||
| ruck, ruck up | ||
| crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunch, crease, wrinkle make a hoarse, rattling sound | ||
| pucker - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" | ||
| rumple, cockle, crumple, knit | ||
| crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, scrunch, crease, wrinkle make a hoarse, rattling sound | ||
| pucker - draw together into folds or puckers | ||
| gather, tuck | ||
| sew together, stitch, sew, run up fasten by sewing; do needlework | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pucker (v. t. & i.)
To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. - pucker (n.)
A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds. - pucker (n.)
A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pucker
puk′ėr, v.t. to gather into folds: to wrinkle.—n. a fold or wrinkle: a number of folds or wrinkles, esp. irregular ones: (coll.) agitation, confusion.—adj. Puck′ery, astringent: tending to wrinkle. [Cf. Poke, a bag, and Pock.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pucker
A wrinkled seam in sail-making. Also, anything in a state of confusion.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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pucker
All in a pucker; in a dishabille. Also in a fright; as, she was in a terrible pucker.
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