v. 1 gather, draw together, compress, purse, crinkle, ruck, shirr, ruffle, corrugate, furrow, wrinkle, crease, screw up, tighten, contract, squeeze Pucker up your mouth and give me a kiss The shirring is done by puckering up the fabric and stitching it through with decorative thread.
n. 2 gather, tuck, pleat, pleating, shirr, shirring, ruffle, ruck, ruche, ruckle, wrinkle, wrinkling, fold, crinkle, crinkling The curtains have some puckers that need ironing