Overview of verb pluck

The verb pluck has 6 senses

• pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off -- (pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush")


• hustle, pluck, roll -- (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)


• overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)


• pluck, plunk, pick -- (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin")


• pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume -- (strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon")


• pick, pluck, cull -- (look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers")

Overview of adj plucked

The adj plucked has 2 senses

• plucked -- (of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum)


• plucked -- (having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose")