pucker up
To contract a facial feature so as to form wrinklesTo contract a facial feature so as to form wrinkles; used especially of the lips when whistling or kissing.
» "Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.
Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo contract a facial feature so as to form wrinkles; used especially of the lips when whistling or kissing.
Pucker up your lips!
Pucker up and gimme a kiss!
мо́рщитьсяmórščitʹsja, вытя́гивать губкиvytjágivatʹ gubki
Examples
2 sentences"Mary's lemon pie will make you pucker up and implode," said Tom.
I've whistled to birds ever since I could pucker up my lips, and father taught me how—didn't you, father dear?
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
puckers up, puckering up, puckered up, puckered up| Base form | pucker up · to pucker up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | puckers up |
| Present participle | puckering up |
| Past simple | puckered up |
| Past participle | puckered up |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.