unpucker

unpucker verb: to smooth away the puckers or wrinkles (of); to relax or unclench.

Verb

unpucker (third-person singular simple present unpuckers, present participle unpuckering, simple past and past participle unpuckered)

(ambitransitive) To smooth away the puckers or wrinkles (of); to relax or unclench.
- unpucker your lips
- King. "Bethink you a little; I will walk about" (Gellert bethinks him, brow puckered. King , seeing the brow unpucker itself.) "Well, have you one?"1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Frederick the Great

If I could pucker up my mouth, and pitch it to just the right key, I wouldn't unpucker it in a week.1877, Me! - Volume 41, page 141:
I marveled at how any man could be so ugly as that poor soul, with his leathery pale skin and dried lips that looked as they couldn't unpucker if he tried.2022, Joshua Buller, Savants of Humanity:

third-person singular present	unpuckers
present participle	unpuckering
past participle	unpuckered
past	unpuckered

From un- + pucker.

What does unpucker mean?: Unpucker means to smooth away the puckers or wrinkles (of); to relax or unclench.
How do you use unpucker in a sentence?: If I could pucker up my mouth, and pitch it to just the right key, I wouldn't unpucker it in a week.
What part of speech is unpucker?: Unpucker is a verb.
What is the past tense of unpucker?: The past tense of unpucker is unpuckered.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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