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
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
