noun
Meaning 1
A fold or wrinkle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pucker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpʌkə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ʌkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P AH1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The anus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man". He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams. His hair and whiskers were shot with gray, and his face was all crinkled and puckered like a withered apple.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ruck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
verb
Meaning 6
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She puckered her lips
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
verb
Meaning 7
become wrinkled or drawn together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her lips puckered
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ruck, ruck up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp
verb
Meaning 8
draw together into folds or puckers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gather, tuck
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sew, run up, sew together, stitch
History
Etymology
Origin obscure. Perhaps continuing Middle English pukkeren (“to hoard, save”, literally “to sack, stow away in a poke or bag”) with a change in meaning (compare purse (“to pucker”)). Alternatively, perhaps a direct alteration of poke (verb, or the noun meaning "a small bag"). By surface analysis, poke + -er.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: կնճիռ (knčiṙ) — fold or wrinkle
- Bulgarian: гънка (gǎnka) — fold or wrinkle
- Bulgarian: бръчка (brǎčka) — fold or wrinkle
- Czech: zvrásnění — fold or wrinkle
- Czech: vráska — fold or wrinkle
- Czech: záhyb — fold or wrinkle
- Czech: vrása — fold or wrinkle
- Dutch: rimpel — fold or wrinkle
- Dutch: frons — fold or wrinkle
- Finnish: kurttu — fold or wrinkle
- Finnish: ryppy — fold or wrinkle
- French: pli — fold or wrinkle
- French: fronce — fold or wrinkle
- Irish: furca — fold or wrinkle
- Polish: zmarszczka — fold or wrinkle
- Russian: скла́дка (skládka) — fold or wrinkle
- Russian: морщи́на (morščína) — fold or wrinkle
- Swedish: rynka — fold or wrinkle
- Polish: poruszenie — sour situation
- Polish: raban — sour situation
- Polish: rwetes — sour situation
- Polish: zamieszanie — sour situation
- Russian: расте́рянность (rastérjannostʹ) — sour situation
- Bulgarian: набръчквам (nabrǎčkvam) — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Czech: svraštit — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Czech: stáhnout — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Czech: nakrčit — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Czech: špulit — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Czech: našpulit — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Dutch: fronsen — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Finnish: mutristaa — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Finnish: kurtistaa — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Finnish: rypistää — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Finnish: törröttää — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Polish: marszczyć — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Polish: zmarszczyć — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Polish: ściągać — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Polish: ściągnąć — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Russian: мо́рщить (mórščitʹ) — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Russian: намо́рщить (namórščitʹ) — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold
- Swedish: rynka — to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold