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👄 To wrinkle 🧵 A small fold
pucker

pucker

9 6.5
A small wrinkle in cloth or on skin that makes a fold
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌkər/
translation icon : pliegue
  • She noticed a pucker in the curtain, which spoiled the smooth appearance of the room.
  • lip puckers
  • mouth pucker
  • pucker and pout

Examples

  • Island fruits are served in abundance: pucker-your-mouth sour/sweet passion fruits, buttery soft papayas, fresh-picked pineapples, and bright citrus.

    Blog text (17)

  • "Two more days and we can start cleaning up," Leocadia said with a pucker of her lips.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • You can eat them like an apple while still firm, without that pucker effect.

    Blog text (28)

  • You have a pucker, Gary.

    Gray's Anatomy (1996)

  • Her earlobes had begun to crinkle and fold, and her cheeks had developed a pucker.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The tailor pointed out a small pucker in the fabric that needed to be fixed before the suit was completed.

  • The shirt had a pucker near the collar, indicating that it had not been ironed properly.

Synonyms

crease
vspucker
27 1.5

A line made when cloth or paper is folded

is an irregular wrinkle rather than a pressed or deliberate fold
ruck
vspucker
  • Specialized
9.3

A small wrinkle in cloth that makes the surface uneven

has identical meaning but is a different word

Antonyms

smoothness
5 1.9

An even surface without rough parts

flatness
3 2.9

A level area with hardly any hills

How Wrinkled

wrinkle
77 1.0
pucker
9 6.5
crease
27 1.5
fold
84 2.4

Surface Forms

pucker singular
puckers plural

Etymology

The noun pucker means 'a small fold' or wrinkle in a smooth surface. It comes from the verb meaning 'to draw together', so a pucker is the little fold left when cloth or skin is gathered.