(especially with reference to a person’s face) tightly gather or contract into wrinkles or small folds: [no object]: the child’s face puckered, ready to cry [with object]: the baby stirred, puckering up its face she puckered her lips
noun
a tightly gathered wrinkle or small fold: a pucker between his eyebrows
Derivatives
puckery
adjective
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): probably frequentative, from the base of poke2 and pocket (suggesting the formation of small purse-like gatherings)
