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pucker

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pucker  \Puck"er\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Puckered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Puckering}.]  [From  {Poke}  a  pocket,  small  bag.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pucker  \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.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pucker 
  n  :  an  irregular  fold  in  an  otherwise  even  surface 
  v  1:  to  gather  something  into  small  wrinkles  or  folds;  "She 
  puckered  her  lips,"  "This  material  drew  after  having 
  been  washed  in  hot  water"  [syn:  {draw},  {rumple},  {cockle}, 
  {crumple},  {knit}] 
  2:  draw  fabric  together  and  sew  it  tightly  [syn:  {gather},  {tuck}] 
  3:  become  puckered  [syn:  {ruck},  {ruck  up}]




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