- puckery
- adjective Date: 1830 that puckers or causes puckering
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Puckery — Puck er*y, a. 1. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery taste. Lowell. [1913 Webster] 2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puckery — [puk′ərē] adj. of, causing, or characterized by puckering … English World dictionary
puckery — ˈpək(ə)rē, ri adjective (sometimes er/ est) 1. : characterized by puckers or having a tendency to pucker puckery cloth 2. : causing puckers or puckering a puckery quince … Useful english dictionary
puckery — /puk euh ree/, adj. 1. puckered. 2. puckering. 3. tending to pucker. [1820 30, Amer.; PUCKER + Y1] * * * … Universalium
puckery — adjective Very sour, so that the lips pucker … Wiktionary
puckery — adj 1. gathered, shirred, pleated, rucked, ruffled, drawn together; compressed, shrunken, withered, contracted, furrowed; squeezed, tightened, knitted, crinkled, corrugated; shriveled, wrinkled, creased, mussed, rumpled, messed up. 2. astringent … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
puckery — puck·ery … English syllables
puckery — /ˈpʌkəri/ (say pukuhree) adjective 1. puckered. 2. puckering. 3. tending to pucker. {pucker + y1} …
astringent — I. adjective Etymology: probably from Middle French, from Latin astringent , astringens, present participle of astringere to bind fast, from ad + stringere to bind tight more at strain Date: 1541 1. causing contraction of soft organic tissues ;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Taste — (or, more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the… … Wikipedia
