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puckered

puckered is the simple past and past participle of pucker.

Meaning of pucker

Verb

pucker (third-person singular simple present puckers, present participle puckering, simple past and past participle puckered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
    • Now the skin was puckered into a million wrinkles, and on the shapeless face was the stamp of unutterable age.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

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Forms of puckered

comparativemore puckered
superlativemost puckered

Words formed from puckered

Phrases with puckered

Questions about puckered

What is puckered the simple past and past participle of?
Puckered is the simple past and past participle of pucker.

Words near puckered in the dictionary

  1. pucker factor
  2. pucker factors
  3. pucker up
  4. puckerable
  5. puckerbrush
  6. puckered
  7. puckered up
  8. puckered-up
  9. puckeredness
  10. puckerer
  11. puckerers

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