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Verb: pucker  pú-ku(r)
  1. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
    "She puckered her lips";
    - rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
     
  2. Draw together into folds or puckers
    "The seamstress puckered the fabric to create a ruffle";
    - gather, tuck
     
  3. Become wrinkled or drawn together
    "her lips puckered";
    - ruck, ruck up, ruckle [Brit]
Noun: pucker  pú-ku(r)
  1. An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
    "The dress had an unsightly pucker along the seam";
    - ruck, ruckle [Brit]

Sounds like: prosepucker, pukka

Derived forms: puckers, puckering, puckered

Type of: bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication, run up, sew, sew together, stitch, stitch up

Encyclopedia: Pucker, Peter