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Pronunciation: [pˈʌkəd] (IPA)

Puckered means to create wrinkles or folds on a surface, often in the form of small folds or wrinkles. Some synonyms for puckered include creased, wrinkled, crumpled, ruffled, ridged, folded, gathered, pleated, and furrowed. These words have slightly different nuances but all refer to a similar effect. Puckering can occur in fabrics or skin and is often the result of shrinking or tightening in response to heat or moisture. It can also be a natural occurrence, such as the hair on the nape of one's neck puckering when experiencing fear or excitement. Whatever the cause, puckering can create visual interest and texture, adding depth and character to a surface.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Puckered

When I give the signal, this way," Clark puckered his lips and emitted a soft whistle, "ring the bell."
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
Val puckered her brows over the puzzle.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Peter saw Mr. Zanti's face and it was puckered with distress like a child's.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole

Famous quotes with Puckered

  • There he was. The infant Titus. His eyes were open but he was quite still. The puckered-up face of the newly-born child, old as the world, wise as the roots of trees. Sin was there and goodness, love, pity and horror, and even beauty for his eyes were pure violet. Earth’s passions, earth’s griefs, earth’s incongruous, ridiculous humours—dormant, yet visible in the wry pippin of a face.
    Mervyn Peake
  • "If you kill me, how are you going to get the bird? If I know you can't afford to kill me till you have it, how are you going to scare me into giving it to you?" Gutman cocked his head to the left and considered these questions. His eyes twinkled between puckered lids. Presently he gave his genial answer: "Well, sir, there are other means of persuasion besides killing and threatening to kill." "Sure," Spade agreed, "but they're not much good unless the threat of death is behind them to hold the victim down. See what I mean? If you try anything I don't like I won't stand for it. I'll make it a matter of your having to call it off or kill me, knowing you can't afford to kill me." "I see what you mean." Gutman chuckled. "That is an attitude, sir, that calls for the most delicate judgment on both sides, because, as you know, sir, men are likely to forget in the heat of action where their best interest lies, and let their emotions carry them away." Spade too was all smiling blandness. "That's the trick, from my side," he said, "to make my play strong enough that it ties you up, but yet not make you mad enough to bump me off against your better judgment." Gutman said fondly: "By Gad, sir, you are a character!"
    Dashiell Hammett
  • The conduct of the white strangers it was that caused him the greatest perturbation. He puckered his brows into a frown of deep thought. It was well, thought he, that he had not given way to his first impulse to rush forward and greet these white men as brothers. They were evidently no different from the black men — no more civilized than the apes — no less cruel than Sabor.
    Edgar Rice Burroughs

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