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Meanings of pucker in English

Portuguese
amassar
Catalan
arrugar-se

To gather something into small wrinkles or folds.

        amassar
        Spanish
        fruncir

        Draw together into folds or puckers.

              fruncir
              Catalan
              ruga
              Spanish
              arruga

              An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

                    ruga
                    Spanish
                    fruncir

                    Become wrinkled or drawn together.

                          fruncir
                          Usage of pucker in English
                          1
                          She considered the estimate with the prettiest pucker of her meditative brows.
                          The Divine Fire
                          2
                          And perforce she smiled in return, a pucker appearing between her eyebrows.
                          Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
                          3
                          There was a droll little pucker at the corner of her mouth.
                          The Man of the Desert
                          4
                          His face was very pale and drawn into a pucker of pain.
                          The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
                          5
                          She peered out the window, an ugly little pucker creasing her forehead.
                          Chicken Little Jane
                          6
                          She lighted a cigarette with a faint pucker on her wide brow.
                          The Obstacle Race
                          7
                          The skin had started to pucker, a fret of scales and blisters.
                          Wench: a novel
                          8
                          That pucker came often enough without being brought there by extra worries.
                          Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
                          9
                          He surveyed the faint pucker on his wife's forehead with lazy amusement.
                          The Rocks of Valpré
                          10
                          Ralston's genial countenance showed sometimes a little strained pucker between the eyes.
                          Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
                          11
                          The shopkeeper rang them up silently, his lips in a prissy pucker.
                          The Lying Game
                          12
                          Her mouth pucker-kissed his for a second, but then her lips softened.
                          Mad enough to marry
                          13
                          Four patients developed macular edema and one additional patient developed a macular pucker.
                          Pubmed
                          14
                          He began to pucker his mouth and cough in the most violent manner.
                          See America First
                          15
                          The quick pucker of lips and brows were almost startlingly eloquent of pain.
                          Flaming June
                          16
                          The girl stared after him with a pucker between her eyebrows.
                          Love Stories
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                          Translations for pucker
                          Portuguese
                          amassar
                          Pucker through the time
                          Pucker across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common