pucker

puck·er  (pkr)

v. puck·ered, puck·er·ing, puck·ers

v.tr.

To gather into small wrinkles or folds: puckered my lips; puckered the curtains.

v.intr.

To become gathered, contracted, and wrinkled.

n.

1. A wrinkle or wrinkled part, as in tightly stitched cloth.

2. A facial expression in which the lips are tightly pulled together and pushed outward.

3. A tart flavor that causes one's lips to pucker: the pucker of lemon.

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[Probably frequentative of dialectal pock, bag, sack, variant of poke³.]

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pucker

Verb

to gather into wrinkles

Noun

a wrinkle or crease [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pucker - an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) ruck crease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
Verb	1.	pucker - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" cockle, rumple, crumple, knit draw - contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot water" crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
	2.	pucker - draw together into folds or puckers tuck, gather sew, sew together, stitch, run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework
	3.	pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" ruck, ruck up crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

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pucker

verb 1. wrinkle, tighten, purse, pout, contract, gather, knit, crease, compress, crumple, ruffle, furrow, screw up, crinkle, draw together, ruck up, ruckle

noun 2. wrinkle, fold, crease, crumple, ruck, crinkle, ruckle

Translations

pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ] vt (= pleat) → arrugar [+ brow etc]; fruncir

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pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ] vt → plisser

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pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ] vi [lips, face] → sich verziehen; [fabric etc] → Falten werfen

vt [+ lips, face] → verziehen [+ fabric etc]; Falten machen in +acc

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pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ] vt → corrugare