[syn: pucker, ruck, ruck up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pucker \Puck"er\, n.
1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
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2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother;
agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pucker
n 1: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in
cloth) [syn: pucker, ruck]
v 1: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
puckered her lips" [syn: pucker, rumple, cockle,
crumple, knit]
2: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: gather, pucker,
tuck]
3: become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" [syn:
pucker, ruck, ruck up]