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pucker

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1. pucker - Noun

2. pucker - Verb

Meaning

To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth.

A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.

A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In her heart she harbors hatred for me, but it would ruin the game if we didn't have tea. The words slither out laced with venom so vile it would pucker my face but she says it and smiles. Vanna Bonta

She puckered her lips Source: Internet

her lips puckered Source: Internet

Aggressive or threatening dholes will pucker their lips forward in a snarl and raise the hairs on their backs, as well as keep their tails horizontal or vertical. Source: Internet

Maggio claimed that the pucker embouchure gives more endurance than some systems. Source: Internet

They are able to explain how to perform an action, but unable to "imagine" or act out a movement such as "pretend to brush your teeth" or "pucker as though you bit into a sour lemon." Source: Internet

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