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Definition of Pucker
1. Verb. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. "They pucker the sheets"; "She puckered her lips"
Exact synonyms: Cockle, Crumple, Knit, Rumple
Related verbs: Draw
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
Related verbs: Draw
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
2. Noun. An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth).
Exact synonyms: Ruck
Generic synonyms: Bend, Crease, Crimp, Flexure, Fold, Plication
Derivative terms: Ruck
Generic synonyms: Bend, Crease, Crimp, Flexure, Fold, Plication
Derivative terms: Ruck
3. Verb. Draw together into folds or puckers.
Exact synonyms: Gather, Tuck
Generic synonyms: Run Up, Sew, Sew Together, Stitch
Derivative terms: Gather, Gathering, Tuck, Tucker
Generic synonyms: Run Up, Sew, Sew Together, Stitch
Derivative terms: Gather, Gathering, Tuck, Tucker
4. Verb. Become wrinkled or drawn together. "The sheets didn't pucker"; "Her lips puckered"
Exact synonyms: Ruck, Ruck Up
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
Derivative terms: Ruck
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
Derivative terms: Ruck
Definition of Pucker
1. v. t. & i. To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.
2. n. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
Definition of Pucker
1. Verb. To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold. ¹
2. Noun. A fold or wrinkle. ¹
3. Noun. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pucker
1. to gather into small wrinkles or folds [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pucker
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