puckery

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adjective

Very sour, so that the lips pucker.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

puckery1

adjectivepuckery (comparative more puckery, superlative most puckery)

comparative more puckery · superlative most puckery

  1. Very sour, so that the lips pucker.

    Taste and add more honey if needed; sauce should be tart but not puckery.

    2008 January 16, “Recipe: Seared Pork Chops With Kimchi”, in New York Times
  2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.

puckery2

nounpuckery (plural puckeries)

plural puckeries

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of puggry.

Origin

From pucker + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

puckery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puckery

MLA

“puckery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puckery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puckery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puckery.

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