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pucker meaning

Pucker meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

04/12/2020
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Today’s word of the day is ‘Pucker.‘ Let us understand more about this word. 

Pucker [puhk-er ]

What is this word’s grammar?

The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of the sentence, and it is a verb, i.e., it describes an action or an occurrence.

Does the word have a past tense? What is it?

Yes, the past form of the verb is puckered.
What is the meaning of the word?
It means:
pucker
1. A tightly gathered wrinkle or a small fold

2. Wrinkle

3. (Especially with reference to a person’s face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds

4. Draw together

How is the word pronounced in popular languages?

1. Hindi- Tah

2. Spanish – Fruncido

3. French – Faux pli

4. Mandarin – Zhězhòu

How to use this word in a sentence?

1. The child’s face puckered, ready to cry.

2. Mr. Ashe laughed as he smoothed out a pucker in his niece’s brow.

3. There was the mole on his chin and the pucker under his left eyelid.

4. What are you thinking of, Judy, and why do you pucker up your forehead?

5. Then his face’ll pucker, surprised, and he’ll begin to crumble down slow.

What are some synonyms of the word of the day?

Some synonyms of the word are:

Crinkle, cockle, crumple, rumple, ruck up, scrunch up, corrugated, ruffle, screw up, crease, shrivel, furrow, crimp, gather, draw, tuck, pleat, ruckle, fold, line, tuck, compress, condense, contract, purse, ruckle, ruffle, squeeze, tighten, knit, etc.

What are some antonyms of the word of the day?

Some antonyms of the word are:

Enlarge, expand, extend, free, give, increase, lengthen, loose, loosen, spread, stretch, open, smooth, etc.

Quotation:

When I looked at my hands and wrists, marred by the marks of small burns from cook pots and flying embers, every red weal or white pucker brings to my mind’s eye that eternal fire, and the writhing masses of the damned, among whom I must expect to spend eternity.

Geraldine Brooks

Social Example:

“If a tongue goes near my butt, it will pucker right up and scream” @mackycoons

— Audrie ✨ (@audriem30) December 1, 2020

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