pucker
verb
[ ˈpʌkə ]
• (especially with reference to a person's face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds.
• "the child's face puckered, ready to cry"
Similar:
wrinkle,
crinkle,
cockle,
crumple,
rumple,
ruck up,
scrunch up,
corrugate,
ruffle,
screw up,
crease,
shrivel,
furrow,
crimp,
gather,
draw,
tuck,
pleat,
ruckle,
pucker
noun
• a tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold.
• "a pucker between his eyebrows"
Similar:
wrinkle,
fold,
crinkle,
crumple,
corrugation,
furrow,
line,
gather,
tuck,
pleat,
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): probably frequentative, from the base of poke2 and pocket (suggesting the formation of small purse-like gatherings).
