Definitions
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- adverb In a
puckering manner; in a way that causes puckering (especially of the mouth, as some sour foodstuffs do).
Etymologies
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Examples
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And I love that slightly sour yogurt dressing – mouth-puckeringly tasty.
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I love tomato soup but don't like it when it is mouth-puckeringly tart, as tomatoes sometimes are.
Archive 2008-02-01 Nupur 2008
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Not only is her comic acting mouth-puckeringly tart and her stage presence strong and sexy, but she can sing -- not just well enough, either, but very well indeed.
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I've had strained yogurt before, it's puckeringly tart!
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I accidentally dumped WAY too much sugar into the fruit mixture, but amazingly the fruit is still mouth-puckeringly tart which I love, mm!
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Everyone in the cast is on the director's acerbic wavelength, starting with Ms. Walsh, who is mouth-puckeringly tart (think Eve Arden) as Desirée Armfeldt, the glamorous actress-of-a-certain-age who now longs for the comforts of a husband-equipped home.
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Watching this, I couldn't help but flash on the mother of all bad date movies, WHAT HAPPENED WAS... (1994), in which Tom Noonan (yes, The Tooth Fairy in a date movie!) and Karen Sillas enact the most ass-puckeringly uncomfortable first date in the history of man.
There's no there down there Arbogast 2008
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The Judgment The southern Vietnamese predilection for sweetness dictates that this soup, though sour, not be puckeringly so.
Canh Chua Ca 2008
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Luckily J had ordered the key lime tart which was mouth-puckeringly tart and not too sweet.
Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2006
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Luckily J had ordered the key lime tart which was mouth-puckeringly tart and not too sweet.
Archive 2006-12-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2006
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