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Rareplucking
The correct spelling is plucking.
How to pronounce plucking
verb
IPA: /ˈplʌkɪŋ/
Say it like: Plu-kin-g
The correct spelling is plucking. To pull something sharply; to pull something out For example: "She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."
Usage Examples
“She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.”
“Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.”
“The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- 2.To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- 3.To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
- 4.To remove feathers from a bird.
- 5.To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
noun
- 1.(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.
- 2.A fragment of something obtained by plucking.
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