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PUCKER
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
Etymology
Verb
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.
Noun
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
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