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
21 March 2025
(adjective) given to the overuse of long words; “sesquipedalian orators”; “this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
