Plucking
/ˈplʌkɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act in which something is plucked. countable, gerund, uncountable
"Dirty Projectors builds elaborate “glitch operas” with stark pluckings of strings […]."
- 2 A fragment of something obtained by plucking. countable, uncountable
"Yield per acre and moisture content of grass pluckings taken at 14- or 28-day intervals during the seasons of 1933 and 1934"
- 3 The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper. countable, uncountable
"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, […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of pluck form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"She spent over half an hour plucking her eyebrows!"