To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth
When a part of your face puckers or when you pucker it, it becomes tight or stretched, often because you are trying not to cry or are going to kiss someone. Toby's face puckered She puckered her lips into a rosebud and kissed him on the nose. + puckered puck·ered puckered lips. a long puckered scar
an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered