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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Word of the Day

3 February 2025

CRAZY

(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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