How to use pucker in a sentence
14 example sentences · verb, noun
Pucker means to pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold. Example: “Pucker up and gimme a kiss!”
Examples of pucker by meaning
nounA fold or wrinkle.
- An infinity of slightly malicious amusement lurked in those little folds, in the puckers about the half-closed eyes, in the eyes themselves, bright and laughing between the narrowed lids.1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 3, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus
More sentences with pucker
- Pucker up and gimme a kiss!From the entry pucker up
- The fingers had withered into puckered twigs; her little nail had fallen off entirely.2019 September 10, Tamsyn Muir, chapter 20, in Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb; 1), New York, N.Y.: Tor.com, published 2020, →ISBN, act 3. From the entry little nail
- Relationships were warmer then.' His mouth puckered, as if hunting a lost taste.2006, Colin Thubron, “The Capital”, in Shadow of the Silk Road, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry hutong
- Unabashed, the Killock tilted his head to one side in mock examination, puckering his bulbous nose.2005, Bill Hawkins, The Other Cockleshell Heroes, page 32. From the entry killock
- The muscles about the mouth exhibited puckering movements and occasional pursings and poutings of the lips.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings. From the entry pouting
- She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. From the entry launch
- The Paphian mimp was a certain pucker of the lips considered needful for the highly genteel.1948, Gil Meynier, Stranger at the Door, page 12. From the entry mimp
- Dear God, I am thankful for ears that can wiggle For lips that can pucker and bellies that jiggle.2014, Jean Fischer, A Star for Me. From the entry footsie
- Each bite is its own mouthgasm, and you eat it slowly, with your eyes closed and your lips slightly puckered.1993, Bill Lee, Rogues of San Francisco: Short Story Anthology, page 133. From the entry mouthgasm
- Bridget puckered up her face and cried as her arms were deftly taken out of the sleeves of her daygown.1911, Hugh de Sélincourt, chapter I, in A Fair House, London; New York: John Lane Company, page 13. From the entry daygown
- When your face is full of wrinkles — and a million little puckers He'll flatten out those lines-and dermabrase those little suckers!2003, Maureen Dunn O'Keefe, A Rhyme for All Reasons, page 47. From the entry dermabrase
- He sat cross-legged on a damask pillow and scrutinized the pale puckered nates with the air of an epicure examining a fly in his vichyssoise.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 3. From the entry nates
- Aw hev scuftered," said she, glancing at the two women with a pair of keen black eyes set in a frame of tiny puckers.1900, Emma Brooke, The Engrafted Rose: A Novel, page 100. From the entry scufter
Meaning of pucker
- verb To pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
- noun A fold or wrinkle.
- noun A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.
Questions about pucker in a sentence
- How do you use pucker in a sentence?
- Pucker is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Pucker up and gimme a kiss!”
- What is a short sentence with pucker?
- “Pucker up and gimme a kiss!”
- What does pucker mean?
- Pucker means to pinch or wrinkle (especially a body part); to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold.
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