pucker

Meaning

Verb

To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.

Noun

1. A fold or wrinkle.
2. (colloquial) A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
3. (slang) The anus.

Synonyms

wrinkle

crease

cockle

purse

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ruck

fold

crinkle

crumple

knit

gather

rumple

furrow

pleat

plait

tuck

ply

ruck up

ruffle

crimp

squeeze

contract

shrink

screw up

rugosity

sharpen

shirr

shrivel

swipe

wimple

wipe away

wrinkled

crimple

gather together

ruckle

foldover

gather a fabric in folds

be puckered

wrinkled skin

rimple

corrugate

cower

cringe

crouch

curl

displeasure

flutter

folding

frisk

gauffer

gofer

Translations

arruga

arrugar

plisser

ζάρα

fruncir

buruşmak

pliegue

buruşturmak

grinza

crespa

rimpel

pli

Runzel

buruşukluk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʌkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pukkeren

In summary

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.