Plucking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈplʌkɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Plucking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of pluck.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of pluck.
More Meanings
- (gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.
- A fragment of something obtained by plucking.
- (printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.
Example Sentences
Dirty Projectors builds elaborate “glitch operas” with stark pluckings of strings […].
Yield per acre and moisture content of grass pluckings taken at 14- or 28-day intervals during the seasons of 1933 and 1934
Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]
Word Forms
- pluckings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tear, pull, pull off, plunk, tweak, hustle.
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