pucker
verb (used with or without object)
to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict.
are puckering
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present progressiveof pucker.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In fact, she’s so dedicated to that social critique that she can’t accept any contradictory evidence, even when gorgeous male celebrity lips are puckering up right in front of her.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
Posers are puckering up for their own reflections, or an imagined lover on the other side of the screen.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2016
Get ready for "the pout" … Speaking of lips, Mick Jagger and the boys are puckering up for the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary shows.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2012
My dear little pet," laughed Hilda, "how solemnly you are talking, what a frightfully earnest tone has got into your voice, and how you are puckering your poor little forehead.
From A Young Mutineer by L. T. Meade
