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plucked
pluck P0380300 (plŭk)v. plucked, pluck·ing, plucks v.tr.1. To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken.2. To pull out the hair or feathers of: pluck a chicken.3. To remove abruptly or forcibly: plucked their child from school in midterm.4. To give an abrupt pull to; tug at: pluck a sleeve.5. Music To sound (the strings of an instrument) by pulling and releasing them with the fingers or a plectrum.v.intr. To give an abrupt pull; tug.n.1. The act or an instance of plucking.2. Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit.3. The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.
[Middle English plukken, from Old English pluccian, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre, from pilus, hair.]
pluck′er n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | plucked - of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrummusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous mannerbowed - of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow | | 2. | plucked - having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose"featherless, unfeathered - having no feathers; "a featherless biped"; "the unfeathered legs of an Orpington" |
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Antonyms for pluckedadj of a stringed instrumentRelated WordsAntonymsadj having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowlRelated Words |