English-Thai Dictionary

pucker

N รอยย่น  pleat furrow roi-yon

 

pucker

VI ย่น  pleat purse squeeze yon

 

pucker

VT ทำให้ ย่น  pleat purse squeeze tam-hai-yon

 

pucker up

PHRV ทำให้ ย่น  purse up wrinkle up tam-hai-yon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUCKER

v.t.[L. pectus; Gr. signifies closely, densely, to cover. ] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate. His face pale and withered, and his skin puckered in wrinkles.
It is usually followed by up; as, to pucker up cloth; but up is superfluous. It is a popular word, but not elegant.

 

PUCKER

n.A fold or wrinkle, or a collection of folds.

 

PUCKERED

pp. Gathered in folds; wrinkled.

 

PUCKERING

ppr. Wrinkling.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUCKER

Puck "er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. & vb. n.Puckering. ] Etym: [From Poke a pocket, small bag. ]

 

Defn: To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was ] puckered up in wrinkles." Spectator.

 

PUCKER

PUCKER Puck "er, n.

 

1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.

 

2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

 

PUCKERER

PUCKERER Puck "er *er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, puckers.

 

PUCKERY

PUCKERY Puck "er *y, a.

 

1. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. Lowell.

 

2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pucker

puck er |ˈpəkər ˈpəkər | ▶verb (esp. with reference to a person's face ) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds: [ no obj. ] : her brows puckered in a frown | [ with obj. ] : the baby stirred, puckering up its tiny face. ▶noun a tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold, esp. on a person's face: a pucker between his eyebrows. PHRASES pucker up contract one's lips as in preparation for a kiss. DERIVATIVES puck er y |ˈpəkərē |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as a verb ): probably frequentative, from the base of poke 2 and pocket (suggesting the formation of small purselike gatherings ).

 

puckeroo

puckeroo |ˌpʌkəˈruː |NZ ▶adjective broken; useless. ▶verb [ with obj. ] [ often as adj ] (puckerooed ) ruin or break. ORIGIN late 19th cent. (as a verb ): from Maori pakaru ‘broken ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pucker

puck ¦er |ˈpʌkə | ▶verb (especially with reference to a person's face ) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds: [ no obj. ] : the child's face puckered, ready to cry | [ with obj. ] : the baby stirred, puckering up its face | she puckered her lips. ▶noun a tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold: a pucker between his eyebrows. DERIVATIVES puckery adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as a verb ): probably frequentative, from the base of poke 2 and pocket (suggesting the formation of small purse-like gatherings ).

 

puckeroo

puckeroo |ˌpʌkəˈruː |NZ ▶adjective broken; useless. ▶verb [ with obj. ] [ often as adj ] (puckerooed ) ruin or break. ORIGIN late 19th cent. (as a verb ): from Maori pakaru ‘broken ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pucker

pucker verb she puckered her forehead: wrinkle, crinkle, crease, furrow, crumple, rumple, ruck up, scrunch up, corrugate, ruffle, screw up, shrivel. ▶noun a pucker in the sewing: wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, corrugation, furrow, line, fold.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pucker

pucker verb I find a zigzag stitch tends to pucker the fabric: wrinkle, crinkle, cockle, crumple, rumple, ruck up, scrunch up, corrugate, ruffle, screw up, crease, shrivel, furrow, crimp, gather, draw, tuck, pleat; Brit. rare ruckle. ▶noun cotton thread can produce a pucker in the sewing with shrinkage: wrinkle, fold, crinkle, crumple, corrugation, furrow, line, gather, tuck, pleat.

 

Duden Dictionary

puckern

pu ckern schwaches Verb umgangssprachlich |p u ckern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « Intensivbildung von niederdeutsch pucken, Nebenform von pochen klopfen 2 sein Herz puckert | auch unpersönlich es puckert in der Wunde

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pucker

puck er /pʌ́kə r /動詞 自動詞 他動詞 1 (〈眉 〉を )ひそめる, (〈唇 〉を )すぼめる, (〈顔 〉を )しかめる .2 (〈服など 〉に )ひだやしわが寄る [を寄せる ].