pucker

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

puckers

V_ing/Gerund

puckering

V_ed/pp

puckered

1.
(ambitransitive)To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Crooked Man". He had a very dark, fearsome face, and a gleam in his eyes that comes back to me in my dreams. His hair and whiskers were shot with gray, and his face was all crinkled and puckered like a withered apple.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

puckers

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

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Nguồn gốc từ

Origin. Perhaps continuing Middle English pukkeren (to hoard, save) with a change in meaning (compare purse (to pucker)). Alternatively, perhaps a direct alteration of poke (verb, or the noun meaning "a small bag"). poke.