puckering
Lips tightly contracting
Puckering is drawing together into wrinkles or folds.
Lips pucker for a kiss or in response to sourness.
Fabric puckers when it gathers unevenly.
Skin puckers around a scar.
The word suggests a tightening that creates small ridges or creases: Her face was puckering with displeasure.
Sharp, biting taste
- tartSharp-flavored small pie
- lemonAcidic yellow citrus
- citrusAcidic fruits with segments
- vinegarAcidic cooking liquid
tannin · astringent · acerbic · bitter · persimmon · unripe · alum · dry
sour
Sharp, biting taste
vinegar · tannin · astringent · acerbic · bitter · persimmon · unripe · alum · dry · quince
lips
Mouth's outer edges
expression · grimace · moue · scrunch · pinch · squeeze · tight · drawn · contorted · scrunched
gather
Bring or come together
pleat · bunching · drawstring · elastic · smocking · cinching · sewn · stitched · gathered · ruffled
- clothing fit issuestight pants, baggy jeans, riding up, bunching, riding down
- clothing flawshole, rip, tear, stain, wrinkle
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- kisseskiss, peck, smooch, snog, buss
- mouth actionsbite, biting, chewing, chew, swallowing
- sour foodslemon, lime, vinegar, pickle, grapefruit
puckeringsmoothing
Reducing irregularities systematically
flattening · ironing · unwrinkling · pressing · evening out
- puckering upTightening lips outward