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pucker
noun
1 pucker
An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth).
synonym: ruck.
Roget 258:
fold,
plicature†,
plait,
pleat,
ply,
crease;
tuck,
gather;
flexion,
flexure,
joint,
elbow,
double,
doubling,
duplicature†,
gather,
wrinkle,
rimple†,
crinkle,
crankle†,
crumple,
rumple,
rivel†,
ruck†,
ruffle,
dog's ear,
corrugation,
frounce†,
flounce,
lapel;
pucker,
crow's feet;
plication†.
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Roget 900:
resentment,
displeasure,
animosity,
anger,
wrath,
indignation;
exasperation,
bitter resentment,
wrathful indignation.
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence,
bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen,
gall;
heart-burning,
heart-swelling;
rankling.
ill humor,
bad humor,
ill temper,
bad temper;
irascibility
etc.
901;
ill blood
etc.
(hate)
898;
revenge
etc.
919.
excitement,
irritation;
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition;
towering passion,
acharnement [Fr.],
angry mood,
taking,
pet,
tiff,
passion,
fit,
tantrums.
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm,
storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation;
violence
etc.
173;
fire and fury;
vials of wrath;
gnashing of teeth,
hot blood,
high words.
scowl
etc.
895;
sulks
etc.
901.1.
[Cause of umbrage]
affront,
provocation,
offense;
indignity
etc.
(insult)
929;
grudge,
crow to pluck,
bone to pick,
sore subject,
casus belli [Lat.];
ill turn,
outrage.
Furies,
Eumenides.
buffet,
slap in the face,
box on the ear,
rap on the knuckles.
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verb
1 pucker
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds:
— She puckered her lips.
synonyms: cockle, crumple, knit, rumple.
Roget 258:
fold,
double,
plicate†,
plait,
crease,
wrinkle,
crinkle,
crankle†,
curl,
cockle up,
cocker,
rimple†,
rumple,
flute,
frizzle,
frounce†,
rivel†,
twill,
corrugate,
ruffle,
crimple†,
crumple,
pucker;
turn down,
double down,
down under;
tuck,
ruck†,
hem,
gather.
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Dutch: kreukelen, kreuken, verfomfaaien, verkreukelen
2 pucker
Draw together into folds or puckers.
synonyms: gather, tuck.
3 pucker
Become wrinkled or drawn together:
— Her lips puckered.
synonyms: ruck, ruck up.
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puckering
Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, astriction, astringency, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, curtailment, decrease, diminuendo, hourglass, hourglass figure, isthmus, knitting, narrow place, narrowing, neck, pursing, reduction, shortening, solidification, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, systole, wasp waist, wrinkling ... show more.
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