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Pronunciation : Puck"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From Poke a pocket, small bag.]
Definition : 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.

t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Puck"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.

2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913