plucked Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb pull or pull out sharply
tweak; pick off; pluck; pull off.
- pluck the flowers off the bush
verb sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
roll; pluck; hustle.
verb rip off; ask an unreasonable price
fleece; soak; plume; pluck; hook; overcharge; rob; gazump; surcharge.
verb pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
plunk; pluck; pick.
- he plucked the strings of his mandolin
verb strip of feathers
deplumate; pull; tear; pluck; deplume; displume.
- pull a chicken
- pluck the capon
verb look for and gather
cull; pluck; pick.
- pick mushrooms
- pick flowers
adjective of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum
adjective satellite having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl
- a plucked chicken
- an unfeathered goose