pucker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pucker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pucker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pucker n an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) Synonym(s): pucker, ruck v to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Synonym(s): pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit draw together into folds or puckers Synonym(s): gather, pucker, tuck become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" Synonym(s): pucker, ruck, ruck up
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.]