puckern.¹

Brit.

/ˈpʌkə/, U.S.

/ˈpəkər/

Forms: 1500s– pucker, 1800s (Scottish) poker.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pucker v.

Etymology: < pucker v.In pucker factor n. perhaps simply developed from sense 2 (in which case quot. 1988 for pucker factor n. perhaps reflects a later rationalization). The semantic development of pucker-struck adj. at Compounds is unclear; it is possible that the first element of this compound may show a different word.

1. A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold; a pleat, crease, or gathering in a piece of cloth or the like, as caused by drawing a thread or seam too tightly. Also: a ridge, wrinkle, or corrugation of the skin of the face, brow, lips, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease

rimpleeOE

frouncec1374

runklea1400

wrinklea1420

ruge?a1425

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wreathc1440

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rumple?a1513

scrumple?a1513

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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Arinella A wrinkle or pleit, a pucker.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Alphabet. Dict. in Ess. Real Char. sig. Nnn/1 Pucker, [Un-]Evenness by shrinking.

1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Bólsa en vestido A pucker, or fold in a Garment.

1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. viii. 54 The Tasker dares not make Use of those sweeping horizontal Strokes... If he does, he will beat up the Straw in Puckers.

1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Ruff,... 2. Any thing collected into puckers or corrugations.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 146 If, on the bed of roses..there be but a single leaf that has a pucker in it.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. x. 143 The chin..was drawn in with unnatural seams and puckers.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. i. 16 He hobbled about the room, his childish face drawn into a doleful pucker.

1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 14 If this be done, even by one thread per stitch, a pucker must necessarily ensue.

1901 F. Norris Octopus i. v. 160 His eyes were shut so tight that the skin at their angles was drawn into puckers.

1922 E. Wharton Glimpses of Moon xxvi. 322 Ah, how Lansing knew every movement of that familiar rite, even to the pucker of the brow and the pouting thrust-out of the lower lip!

1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 70 Great care must be taken to ensure that all the layers are free of puckers.

1991 G. Greer Change i. 12 The unkind sunlight showed every sag, every pucker, every bluish shadow, every mole, every freckle in our fifty-year-old faces.

2. colloquial. A state of agitation, excitement, or haste; a fluster, a fuss. Esp. in in a pucker. Now chiefly Irish English and U.S. regional (chiefly New England).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

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swivet1892

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mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 164 Mrs. Jewkes..sat down by me, and seem'd in a great Pucker.

1775 L. Goddard Jrnl. 25 Sept. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) i. 17 Lady B. Ponsonby came in a pucker about Lord Shannon.

1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iii, in Moral Tales II. 48 Pe not in a pet or a pucker.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 202 Edith was in tears; Jotham, powerless with amazement;—Miriam, in a ‘plaguy pucker’.

1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 15 If I am delayed, Gales and Seaton will be very angry, and Blair and Rives get in a pucker.

1883 J. Payn Thicker than Water xiii The few things that did not agitate Mrs. Sotheran, or, to use her own homely phrase, ‘put her into a pucker’.

1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn xxix I told William when we first missed her..and he was in such a pucker about her..that [etc.].

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 221/1 Pucker, a hurry; a confused hurry.

2004 in T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (ed. 2) 184/2 He is in such a pucker that nothing will please him.

Compounds

pucker factor n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S. Military) the degree of fear experienced in a dangerous situation; an element of fear or danger.

ΚΠ

1965 C. D. B. Bryan P. S. Wilkinson i. ii.15 Of course it could be serious. They could be moving armor up for an attack. But as yet there is no reason to push the panic button, or as the flyboys say, have pucker factor on full.

1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors iv. 60 Ha! Hodges chortled—and he really seemed alive for the first time. Pucker factor just went to ten! I can hear the assholes slamming shut!

2005 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 16 Jan. h1 He noticed the silence when the sled picked up speed on the fourth of the track's 15 curves. ‘It got real quiet in there,’ he said. ‘There is a pucker factor.’

pucker-mouthed adj. U.S. having the lips pursed or drawn into a pucker; (figurative) disapproving, serious.

ΚΠ

1831 H. R. Schoolcraft Jrnl. in Personal Mem. Resid. 30 Years Indian Tribes (1851) xxxix. 377 Mozojeed, the principal man, was a tall, not portly, red-mouthed, and pucker-mouthed man.

1832 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 6 Nov. 2/2 This pucker-mouthed piety.

1926 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Times-Press 3 Aug. 3/2 Miss de Putti is a pucker-mouthed, curvy sort of a vampire.

1992 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. viii. 11/1 ‘Now it's a very serious business,’ he said. ‘And everyone's running around pucker-mouthed trying to cheat everybody out of their money, instead of laughing and scratching like they used to.’

pucker-struck adj. U.S. colloquial rare fond of finery.

ΚΠ

1901 S. R. M. Greene Flood-tide xxxiii. 296 I hope as the years go by your tastes'll git a little more pucker-struck; the's sech a thing as not bein' pucker-struck enough.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

puckern.²

Brit.

/ˈpʌkə/, U.S.

/ˈpəkər/, Irish English

/ˈpʌkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puck v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < puck v. + -er suffix¹.

Irish English. rare.

A boxer, a fighter.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer

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slogger1829

fist-mate1834

peeler1852

pug1858

scrapper1874

slugger1877

slogster1881

basher1882

fisticuffer1888

ring man1899

ringster1902

pucker1919

1919 J. Joyce Ulysses x. [Wandering Rocks] in Little Rev. July 44 The best pucker going for strength was Fitzsimons... But the best pucker for science was Jem Corbet before Fitzsimons knocked the stuffings out of him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

puckerv.

Brit.

/ˈpʌkə/, U.S.

/ˈpəkər/

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poke n.¹, poke v.², -er suffix⁵.

Etymology: Probably < either poke n.¹ or poke v.² + -er suffix⁵, with shortening of the stressed vowel. With the semantic development compare slightly earlier purse v. 4.Although the semantic development has a parallel in French pocher (see poach v.²), this is apparently not attested in the relevant sense until much later (1835).

1. intransitive. To gather or contract into creases, small folds, or bulges; to become drawn together into wrinkles or corrugations. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles

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rivelOE

snurpc1300

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shrivel1588

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shirpc1639

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weazen1821

cringle1823

swivel1898

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled

rivelOE

snurpc1300

runklea1425

crumple?c1450

wrinkle1528

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pucker1598

crinklea1600

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rumple1622

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crease1876

full1889

concertina1918

furrow1961

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Saccolare To pucker or gather or cockle as some stuffes do being wet.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. ii. sig. F May I be numd with horror, and my vaines Pucker with sing'ing torture.

1670 Sir S. Crow in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 The silke..beeing ill woven, will shrink and pucker.

1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxvi. 235 His waistcoat..had a propensity to pucker up over his chest.

1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 368 To ensure a hard film..which will not pucker up.

1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 181 His face puckered..as if I'd thrust a slice of lemon in his mouth.

1972 L. Deighton Close-up iii. 50 He had a thin bony nose and a large generous mouth which a small scar caused to pucker on one side.

1991 Midnight Zoo 1 v. 60/1 Now it was..close enough..for her to be able to see..its ghastly, flattened body, to see that phosphorescence pucker up slightly and then flatten as it oozed toward her.

2005 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 25 Oct. c1 Behind the bench, Carolina coach Peter Laviolette's face puckered, like he'd eaten a piece of sour candy.

a. transitive. To draw together or contract into wrinkles, bulges, or folds; to contract (the skin, lips, etc.) into wrinkles or creases; to gather (a piece of cloth or the like) into small folds or bags; to gather one side of (a seam) more tightly than the other. Usually in passive. Frequently with up.In quot. 1895 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles

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wizen1513

rivel1543

clinga1547

shrivel1609

warpa1616

pucker1616

plight1638

weazen1821

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease

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crunklec1400

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crinklec1430

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rimple1440

rivel1543

wrinkle1543

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1616 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 423 The nether parts..are crumpled and puckered untowardly.

1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. §9. 19 Hee fell downe, and not being able to rise againe, had his belly puckerd together like a sachell, before the Chamberlaine could come to helpe him.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 301. ¶9 An hideous Spectre,..his Skin puckered up in Wrinkles.

1789 A. Young Jrnl. 13 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 233 Their dress is very becoming; with jackets, the sleeves puckered and tied in puffs, with coloured ribbons.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 172/1 A continuation of the canal puckered up into numerous folds.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter III. 62 Cynthia had finished her dozen of shirts, without a gusset set awry, a seam puckered, or one deviation from a right line.

1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts x. 116 Your pretty face will not be always puckered into wrinkles.

1895 Derby Mercury 19 June 7/3 The lay preacher..announced that a hymn as written in a metre of eight syllables would be sung to a tune in sevens. There would be some difficulty,..but he had no doubt the congregation would be able to ‘pucker it in’.

1919 M. Sinclair Mary Olivier ii. 11 He had puckered up his mouth and made it small.

1946 A. Christie Hollow xiii. 121 ‘Edward?’ Henrietta was vague. Her forehead was puckered. She seemed to be thinking of something a long way away.

1987 Woman's Own 25 Apr. 30/1 Her scarlet crêpe dress was puckered into creases, causing the short skirt to ride high on her slim, shapely thighs.

2006 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Features section) 1 A crease puckered my wife's creamy-smooth brow.

b. transitive. To form by puckering or gathering. rare.

ΚΠ

1753 in London Mag. Sept. 396 Puff and pucker up knots on your arms and your toes; Make your petticoats short.

1957 M. Spark Comforters viii. 197 ‘Now, which game?’ she said, puckering a smile.

c. intransitive. To purse or contract the lips; spec. (originally U.S.) to cause the lips to contract and protrude as a preparation for kissing or being kissed. Chiefly with up.

ΚΠ

1822 T. Hood Two Peacocks of Bedfont xxv, in London Mag. Oct. 308 Ancient lips that pucker'd up in scorn.

1910 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily 15 Oct. No time to pucker.

1921 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 6 May 9 (advt.) Hear these latest Columbia hits... Pucker Up and Whistle (Till the Clouds Roll By).

1940 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 21 May 12 (caption) With this one [sc. lipstick] you can't help puckering up for kisses.

1974 M. Medoff When you comin back, Red Ryder? 41 Kiss her, Red... Pucker up, dumplin.

2006 People (Nexis) 27 Aug. 23 It's a rap as Emmerdale babe Patsy Kensit puckers up for a snog with her toyboy lover Killa Kela.

d. intransitive. To make puckers or bulges in sewing. rare.

ΚΠ

1862 F. Wilford Maiden of our Own Day 98 She observed poor Fan's big stitches and tendency to pucker.

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 149 I get my thread entangled, and begin to pucker, and the whole business goes wrong.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹1598

n.²1919

v.1598

单词	pucker
释义	puckern.¹ Brit. /ˈpʌkə/, U.S. /ˈpəkər/ Forms: 1500s– pucker, 1800s (Scottish) poker. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pucker v. Etymology: < pucker v.In pucker factor n. perhaps simply developed from sense 2 (in which case quot. 1988 for pucker factor n. perhaps reflects a later rationalization). The semantic development of pucker-struck adj. at Compounds is unclear; it is possible that the first element of this compound may show a different word. 1. A tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold; a pleat, crease, or gathering in a piece of cloth or the like, as caused by drawing a thread or seam too tightly. Also: a ridge, wrinkle, or corrugation of the skin of the face, brow, lips, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > wrinkle or crease rimpleeOE frouncec1374 runklea1400 wrinklea1420 ruge?a1425 crimple1440 wreathc1440 wrimple1499 rumple?a1513 scrumple?a1513 wimple1513 crease1578 bag1587 crinkle1596 pucker1598 press1601 crumple1607 creasing1665 ruck1774 cramp1828 fold1840 ruckle1853 bumfle1867 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Arinella A wrinkle or pleit, a pucker. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Alphabet. Dict. in Ess. Real Char. sig. Nnn/1 Pucker, [Un-]Evenness by shrinking. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. at Bólsa en vestido A pucker, or fold in a Garment. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Dec. viii. 54 The Tasker dares not make Use of those sweeping horizontal Strokes... If he does, he will beat up the Straw in Puckers. 1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Ruff,... 2. Any thing collected into puckers or corrugations. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 146 If, on the bed of roses..there be but a single leaf that has a pucker in it. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy I. x. 143 The chin..was drawn in with unnatural seams and puckers. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. i. 16 He hobbled about the room, his childish face drawn into a doleful pucker. 1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 14 If this be done, even by one thread per stitch, a pucker must necessarily ensue. 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. v. 160 His eyes were shut so tight that the skin at their angles was drawn into puckers. 1922 E. Wharton Glimpses of Moon xxvi. 322 Ah, how Lansing knew every movement of that familiar rite, even to the pucker of the brow and the pouting thrust-out of the lower lip! 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 70 Great care must be taken to ensure that all the layers are free of puckers. 1991 G. Greer Change i. 12 The unkind sunlight showed every sag, every pucker, every bluish shadow, every mole, every freckle in our fifty-year-old faces. 2. colloquial. A state of agitation, excitement, or haste; a fluster, a fuss. Esp. in in a pucker. Now chiefly Irish English and U.S. regional (chiefly New England). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. 164 Mrs. Jewkes..sat down by me, and seem'd in a great Pucker. 1775 L. Goddard Jrnl. 25 Sept. in E. M. Bell Hamwood Papers (1930) i. 17 Lady B. Ponsonby came in a pucker about Lord Shannon. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina iii, in Moral Tales II. 48 Pe not in a pet or a pucker. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 202 Edith was in tears; Jotham, powerless with amazement;—Miriam, in a ‘plaguy pucker’. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 15 If I am delayed, Gales and Seaton will be very angry, and Blair and Rives get in a pucker. 1883 J. Payn Thicker than Water xiii The few things that did not agitate Mrs. Sotheran, or, to use her own homely phrase, ‘put her into a pucker’. 1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn xxix I told William when we first missed her..and he was in such a pucker about her..that [etc.]. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 221/1 Pucker, a hurry; a confused hurry. 2004 in T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. (ed. 2) 184/2 He is in such a pucker that nothing will please him. Compounds pucker factor n. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S. Military) the degree of fear experienced in a dangerous situation; an element of fear or danger. ΚΠ 1965 C. D. B. Bryan P. S. Wilkinson i. ii.15 Of course it could be serious. They could be moving armor up for an attack. But as yet there is no reason to push the panic button, or as the flyboys say, have pucker factor on full. 1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors iv. 60 Ha! Hodges chortled—and he really seemed alive for the first time. Pucker factor just went to ten! I can hear the assholes slamming shut! 2005 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 16 Jan. h1 He noticed the silence when the sled picked up speed on the fourth of the track's 15 curves. ‘It got real quiet in there,’ he said. ‘There is a pucker factor.’ pucker-mouthed adj. U.S. having the lips pursed or drawn into a pucker; (figurative) disapproving, serious. ΚΠ 1831 H. R. Schoolcraft Jrnl. in Personal Mem. Resid. 30 Years Indian Tribes (1851) xxxix. 377 Mozojeed, the principal man, was a tall, not portly, red-mouthed, and pucker-mouthed man. 1832 Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pa.) 6 Nov. 2/2 This pucker-mouthed piety. 1926 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Times-Press 3 Aug. 3/2 Miss de Putti is a pucker-mouthed, curvy sort of a vampire. 1992 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. viii. 11/1 ‘Now it's a very serious business,’ he said. ‘And everyone's running around pucker-mouthed trying to cheat everybody out of their money, instead of laughing and scratching like they used to.’ pucker-struck adj. U.S. colloquial rare fond of finery. ΚΠ 1901 S. R. M. Greene Flood-tide xxxiii. 296 I hope as the years go by your tastes'll git a little more pucker-struck; the's sech a thing as not bein' pucker-struck enough. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). puckern.² Brit. /ˈpʌkə/, U.S. /ˈpəkər/, Irish English /ˈpʌkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puck v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < puck v. + -er suffix¹. Irish English. rare. A boxer, a fighter. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer buffeter1483 pugil1646 cuffer1662 boxer1672 pugilistc1740 setter-to1810 miller1812 sparrer1814 pet1825 pugilistic1827 slogger1829 fist-mate1834 peeler1852 pug1858 scrapper1874 slugger1877 slogster1881 basher1882 fisticuffer1888 ring man1899 ringster1902 pucker1919 1919 J. Joyce Ulysses x. [Wandering Rocks] in Little Rev. July 44 The best pucker going for strength was Fitzsimons... But the best pucker for science was Jem Corbet before Fitzsimons knocked the stuffings out of him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). puckerv. Brit. /ˈpʌkə/, U.S. /ˈpəkər/ Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poke n.¹, poke v.², -er suffix⁵. Etymology: Probably < either poke n.¹ or poke v.² + -er suffix⁵, with shortening of the stressed vowel. With the semantic development compare slightly earlier purse v. 4.Although the semantic development has a parallel in French pocher (see poach v.²), this is apparently not attested in the relevant sense until much later (1835). 1. intransitive. To gather or contract into creases, small folds, or bulges; to become drawn together into wrinkles or corrugations. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles wizenc890 clinga1000 shrinkc1000 rivelOE snurpc1300 wrinkle1528 warp1579 shrivel1588 pucker1598 shirpc1639 tuck1797 weazen1821 cringle1823 swivel1898 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > become corrugated [verb (intransitive)] > become wrinkled rivelOE snurpc1300 runklea1425 crumple?c1450 wrinkle1528 purse1597 pucker1598 crinklea1600 crimple1600 rumple1622 ruckle1695 ruck1758 crunkle1825 pocket1873 crease1876 full1889 concertina1918 furrow1961 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Saccolare To pucker or gather or cockle as some stuffes do being wet. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. ii. sig. F May I be numd with horror, and my vaines Pucker with sing'ing torture. 1670 Sir S. Crow in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 The silke..beeing ill woven, will shrink and pucker. 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxvi. 235 His waistcoat..had a propensity to pucker up over his chest. 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 368 To ensure a hard film..which will not pucker up. 1955 E. Blishen Roaring Boys iv. 181 His face puckered..as if I'd thrust a slice of lemon in his mouth. 1972 L. Deighton Close-up iii. 50 He had a thin bony nose and a large generous mouth which a small scar caused to pucker on one side. 1991 Midnight Zoo 1 v. 60/1 Now it was..close enough..for her to be able to see..its ghastly, flattened body, to see that phosphorescence pucker up slightly and then flatten as it oozed toward her. 2005 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 25 Oct. c1 Behind the bench, Carolina coach Peter Laviolette's face puckered, like he'd eaten a piece of sour candy. 2. a. transitive. To draw together or contract into wrinkles, bulges, or folds; to contract (the skin, lips, etc.) into wrinkles or creases; to gather (a piece of cloth or the like) into small folds or bags; to gather one side of (a seam) more tightly than the other. Usually in passive. Frequently with up.In quot. 1895 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > contract or shrink > into wrinkles shrenchc950 clinker1495 wizen1513 rivel1543 clinga1547 shrivel1609 warpa1616 pucker1616 plight1638 weazen1821 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > corrugate [verb (transitive)] > wrinkle or crease frounce1390 frumple1398 crunklec1400 plighta1425 crinklec1430 crimple1440 rimple1440 rivel1543 wrinkle1543 crease1588 shrivel1609 befrumple1611 frowze1611 wrimple1611 pucker1616 furl1689 ruck1706 runkle1720 crink1821 furrow1853 crumple1858 ruckle1866 bumfle1911 1616 J. Chamberlain in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 423 The nether parts..are crumpled and puckered untowardly. 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. §9. 19 Hee fell downe, and not being able to rise againe, had his belly puckerd together like a sachell, before the Chamberlaine could come to helpe him. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 301. ¶9 An hideous Spectre,..his Skin puckered up in Wrinkles. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 13 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 233 Their dress is very becoming; with jackets, the sleeves puckered and tied in puffs, with coloured ribbons. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 172/1 A continuation of the canal puckered up into numerous folds. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter III. 62 Cynthia had finished her dozen of shirts, without a gusset set awry, a seam puckered, or one deviation from a right line. 1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts x. 116 Your pretty face will not be always puckered into wrinkles. 1895 Derby Mercury 19 June 7/3 The lay preacher..announced that a hymn as written in a metre of eight syllables would be sung to a tune in sevens. There would be some difficulty,..but he had no doubt the congregation would be able to ‘pucker it in’. 1919 M. Sinclair Mary Olivier ii. 11 He had puckered up his mouth and made it small. 1946 A. Christie Hollow xiii. 121 ‘Edward?’ Henrietta was vague. Her forehead was puckered. She seemed to be thinking of something a long way away. 1987 Woman's Own 25 Apr. 30/1 Her scarlet crêpe dress was puckered into creases, causing the short skirt to ride high on her slim, shapely thighs. 2006 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 11 Mar. (Features section) 1 A crease puckered my wife's creamy-smooth brow. b. transitive. To form by puckering or gathering. rare. ΚΠ 1753 in London Mag. Sept. 396 Puff and pucker up knots on your arms and your toes; Make your petticoats short. 1957 M. Spark Comforters viii. 197 ‘Now, which game?’ she said, puckering a smile. c. intransitive. To purse or contract the lips; spec. (originally U.S.) to cause the lips to contract and protrude as a preparation for kissing or being kissed. Chiefly with up. ΚΠ 1822 T. Hood Two Peacocks of Bedfont xxv, in London Mag. Oct. 308 Ancient lips that pucker'd up in scorn. 1910 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily 15 Oct. No time to pucker. 1921 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 6 May 9 (advt.) Hear these latest Columbia hits... Pucker Up and Whistle (Till the Clouds Roll By). 1940 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 21 May 12 (caption) With this one [sc. lipstick] you can't help puckering up for kisses. 1974 M. Medoff When you comin back, Red Ryder? 41 Kiss her, Red... Pucker up, dumplin. 2006 People (Nexis) 27 Aug. 23 It's a rap as Emmerdale babe Patsy Kensit puckers up for a snog with her toyboy lover Killa Kela. d. intransitive. To make puckers or bulges in sewing. rare. ΚΠ 1862 F. Wilford Maiden of our Own Day 98 She observed poor Fan's big stitches and tendency to pucker. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 149 I get my thread entangled, and begin to pucker, and the whole business goes wrong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1598n.²1919v.1598
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