"Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.
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Pucker
//ˈpʌkə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "pucker" (162 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 10 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կնճիռ noun (fold or wrinkle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бръчка noun (fold or wrinkle)
- гънка noun (fold or wrinkle)
- набръчквам verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
Dutch
3 entries- frons noun (fold or wrinkle)
- rimpel noun (fold or wrinkle)
- fronsen verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
Finnish
4 entries- kurttu noun (fold or wrinkle)
- ryppy noun (fold or wrinkle)
- kurtistaa verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
- mutristaa verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
French
2 entries- fronce noun (fold or wrinkle)
- pli noun (fold or wrinkle)
Irish
1 entries- furca noun (fold or wrinkle)
Polish
4 entries- poruszenie noun (sour situation)
- raban noun (sour situation)
- rwetes noun (sour situation)
- zamieszanie noun (sour situation)
Russian
4 entries- морщи́на noun (fold or wrinkle)
- расте́рянность noun (sour situation)
- скла́дка noun (fold or wrinkle)
- мо́рщить verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
Spanish
3 entries- arruga noun (fold or wrinkle)
- arrugar verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
- pucherear verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
Swedish
2 entries- rynka noun (fold or wrinkle)
- rynka verb (to pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to dimple or fold)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
These grapes are fairly astringent, so they make my mouth pucker.
Source: tatoeba (10599252)
I've whistled to birds ever since I could pucker up my lips, and father taught me how—didn't you, father dear?
Source: tatoeba (11026455)
Now the skin was puckered into a million wrinkles, and on the shapeless face was the stamp of unutterable age.
Source: wiktionary
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