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puckerow

puckerow verb: to seize; to take hold of.

Verb

puckerow (third-person singular simple present puckerows, present participle puckerowing, simple past and past participle puckerowed)

  1. (British, India, obsolete, slang, transitive) To seize; to take hold of.

Forms of puckerow

third-person singular presentpuckerows
present participlepuckerowing
past participlepuckerowed
pastpuckerowed

Origin of puckerow

Borrowing from Hindustani پکڑو / पकड़ो (pakṛo, “catch [it]!”).

Questions about puckerow

What does puckerow mean?
Puckerow means to seize; to take hold of.
What part of speech is puckerow?
Puckerow is a verb.
What is the past tense of puckerow?
The past tense of puckerow is puckerowed.

Words near puckerow in the dictionary

  1. puckerless
  2. puckermouth
  3. puckermouths
  4. puckeroo
  5. puckerooed
  6. puckerow
  7. puckerowed
  8. puckerowing
  9. puckerows
  10. puckers
  11. puckers up

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