[
UK
/pˈʌkɐ/
]
[ US /ˈpəkɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpəkɝ/ ]
VERB
- draw together into folds or puckers
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to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
She puckered her lips -
become wrinkled or drawn together
her lips puckered
NOUN
- an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
How To Use pucker In A Sentence
- The dress fitted badly and puckered at the waist.
- Leo got a door to pucker open, and they walked out into the light of a fusion-lamp sun. METAPLANETARY
- The esophagoscope encounters only the diaphragmatic pinchcock which seems to be at the top of the stomach like the puckering string at the top of a bag. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- In the case of very tightly woven microfibers, you may wish to tip the pattern slightly off-grain in order to prevent puckered seams.
- She puckered up her lips for a kiss.
- Here you are in white-wine country, where producers in the Minho make a green wine that is very dry and on a first sip can appear slightly sharp, with a mouth-puckering acid kick and a slightly spritzy feel. Iberia's Hidden Gems
- The top of the stomach seems to be closed by the diaphragmatic pinchcock in the same way that the top of a bag is closed by a puckering string. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
- ‘Thank you,’ says the bartender, who does pride himself on his perfect pucker.
- This canteen (with a funnel on its top, like a cavalier cap slouched over the eyes) was set on edge upon the puncheon, with the hole toward myself; and through this hole, which seemed puckered up like the mouth of a very precise old maid, the creature was emitting certain rumbling and grumbling noises which he evidently intended for intelligible talk. Archive 2008-12-01
- Sewing straight across from left to right on a cap front can cause a cap to pucker at the seam.