Plucked

//plʌkt// adj, verb, slang

adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of pluck form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.
  2. 2
    Played by plucking.
  3. 3
    Having courage and spirit; plucky. UK, dated, slang

    "He could scarcely contain his admiration. "What a plucked un!" he muttered; "what a plucked un! No miss," he added, "you needn't fear. Fear, says I? You never feared nothink in your life. […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum wordnet
  2. 2
    having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl wordnet

Synonyms

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pizzicatounfeathered

Antonyms

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bowed

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"I plucked up the courage and confessed that it was all my fault."

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