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.
unpuckered
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a word derived from
pucker.
Example Sentences
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Her eyes stared, unpuckered, apparently unconscious that they wept.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 by Various
They rose with a whirr and kuk, kuk, kukkered; The fox ran on with a mask unpuckered By Boshale Stump and Uttermost Penny, Where the grass was short and the tracks were many.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 22, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
Her little pale mouth, unpuckered of its frown, bloomed suddenly, like a tea rose opening.
From Girl Alone by Anne Austin
Phil Morgan had his glass out again, and his lips unpuckered and the tune he had been monotoning died.
From Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
