pucker (redirected from puckers)

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 poke.]

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pucker [ˈpʌkə]

vb

to gather or contract (a soft surface such as the skin of the face) into wrinkles or folds, or (of such a surface) to be so gathered or contracted

n

a wrinkle, crease, or irregular fold

[perhaps related to poke², from the creasing into baglike wrinkles]

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

wrinkle, tighten, purse, pout, contract, gather, knit, crease, compress, crumple, ruffle, furrow, screw up, crinkle, draw together, ruck up, ruckle She puckered her lips and kissed him on the nose.

noun

wrinkle, fold, crease, crumple, ruck, crinkle, ruckle small puckers in the material

Translations

pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ]

A. N → arruga f (Sew) → frunce m, fruncido m; (accidentally formed) → buche m

B. VT (also to pucker up) → arrugar; [+ brow, material] → fruncir

C. VI (also to pucker up) → arrugarse, formar buches

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pucker [ˈpʌkə^r] vt → plisser

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pucker

n (in cloth) → Fältchen nt

vt (also pucker up) one’s lips, mouth → verziehen; (for kissing) → spitzen; one’s brow → runzeln; material → Falten machen in (+acc)

vi (also pucker up) (lips) → sich verziehen; (to be kissed) → sich spitzen; (brow) → sich runzeln; (material) → Falten werfen

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pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ] vt (also pucker up) (lips) → increspare; (brow) → aggrottare, corrugare (Sewing) → increspare

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pucker [ˈpʌkəʳ] vt (also pucker up) (lips) → increspare; (brow) → aggrottare, corrugare (Sewing) → increspare

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pucker

v pucker [ˈpakə]

to make or become wrinkled. kreukel يَتَغَضَّن، يَتَجَعَّد мръщя се svrašťovat se rynke die Falte ζαρώνω, σουφρώνω fruncir(se), arrugar(se) kortsuma چروکیده کردن kurtistaa (se) plisser לקמט सिलवटें पड़ना (össze)ráncol mengerutkan hnipra, hnykla, hrukka sgualcirsi しわを寄せる 주름이 잡히다, 오그라들다 raukšlėti(s), raukti(s) []raukt; savilkt krunkās berkedut samentrekken rynke, snurpe sammen zmarszczyć (się) franzir a (se) încreţi морщить zvraštiť sa nagubati (se), našobiti zborati rynka, vecka ทำให้ย่น buruşmak, kırışmak 折疊，皺起 морщити(ся) شکن ڈالنا، جھرياں پڑنا dúm dó, tạo thành nếp 折迭，皱起

n

a wrinkle or fold. kreukel تَجعيدَه، ثِنْيَه бръчка vráska, záhyb rynke die Falte ζάρα, σούφρα fruncido, pliegue, arruga korts چین؛ چروک taitos pli, ride קֶמֶט सिकुड़न, झुर्री, शिकन ránc kerutan hrukka piega しわ 주름, 주름진 부분 raukšlė, klostė krunka; rieva kedutan vouw, rimpel rynke zmarszczka, fałda ruga rid; cută морщина; складка vráska; záhyb guba bora rynka, veck รอยย่น buruşukluk, kırışıklık 皺褶，皺紋 зморшка; складка شکن، سلوٹ nếp nhàu 皱褶，皱纹