English Dictionary: pucker | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for pucker | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. [bd]His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles.[b8] --Spectator. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pucker \Puck"er\, n. 1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds. 2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] |