puckery

puck·er·y

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [puhk-uh-ree]
- /ˈpʌk ə ri/
- /pˈʌkəri/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puhk-uh-ree]
- /ˈpʌk ə ri/

Definitions of puckery word

abbreviation PUCKERY puckered. 1
abbreviation PUCKERY puckering. 1
adjective puckery tending to pucker. 1
abbreviation PUCKERY puckishness 0
adjective puckery (of wine) high in tannins 0
adjective puckery causing puckering or tending to pucker 0

See all 7 definitions of puckery

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Origin of puckery

First appearance:

before 1820

One of the 38% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1820-30; pucker + -y1

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Parts of speech for Puckery

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Puckery

puckery popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

puckery usage trend in Literature

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