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Plucking

//ˈplʌkɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act in which something is plucked. countable, gerund, uncountable

    "Dirty Projectors builds elaborate “glitch operas” with stark pluckings of strings […]."

  2. 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. 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. 1
    present participle and gerund of pluck form-of, gerund, participle, present

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