| puck | 1. <medicine> A celebrated fairy, "the merry wanderer of the night;" called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. "He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall." (Drayton) 2. <zoology> The goatsucker. Origin: OE. Pouke; cf. OSw. Puke, Icel. Puki an evil demon, W. Pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pucker | To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." Origin: From Poke a pocket, small bag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |