English Explanatory Dictionary

pucker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
noun
  1. A fold or wrinkle.
  2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
  3. The anus.

Pronunciation

/ˈpʌkə(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pucker.wav

Word forms

pucker puckers puckering puckered

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps continuing Middle English pukkeren (“to hoard, save”, literally “to sack, stow away in a poke or bag”) with a change in meaning (compare purse (“to pucker”)). Alternatively, perhaps a direct alteration of poke (verb, or the noun meaning "a small bag"). By surface analysis, poke + -er.

Derived words

puckerable puckerer pucker up bepucker puccalo pucker factor puckerless puckersome puckery unpucker
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