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pucker

/'pəkər/

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verb
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
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"She puckered her lips"

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cockle crumple knit rumple

type of:
wrinkle crease crinkle crisp ruckle scrunch scrunch up
noun
an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
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ruck

type of:
plication crease fold crimp bend flexure
verb
draw together into folds or puckers
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gather tuck

type of:
sew sew together run up stitch
verb
become wrinkled or drawn together
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"her lips puckered"

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ruck ruck up

type of:
scrunch scrunch up crease wrinkle crinkle crisp ruckle

Examples of pucker

"She puckered her lips"
"her lips puckered"