pucker, ruck
(noun) an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; “She puckered her lips”
pucker, ruck, ruck up
(verb) become wrinkled or drawn together; “her lips puckered”
gather, pucker, tuck
(verb) draw together into folds or puckers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pucker (third-person singular simple present puckers, present participle puckering, simple past and past participle puckered)
(ambitransitive) To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
pucker (plural puckers)
A fold or wrinkle.
(colloquial) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
Source: Wiktionary
Puck"er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.] Etym: [From Poke a pocket, small bag.]
Definition: To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." Spectator.
Puck"er, n.
1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
