to pluck

Examples

• All

• The farmer steps up and holds out a plucked chicken by its neck.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Now, let's pluck those eyebrows!

  The Cable Guy (1996)

• We'll dress them and we'll pluck them and...

  Spencer (2021)

• Never ever pluck them too much, okay?

  Like a Boss (2020)

• - Girl, you need to be plucking this chicken.

  Daughters of the Dust (1991)

• Today, from Pier 41, I watched a man on a houseboat kill, pluck, and gut a goose.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Every couple of days I'd catch a chicken and wring its neck before plucking and frying it.

  Fiction book (1996)

• So I need to pluck my eyebrows because they're looking a little bit too Chewbacca for my liking.

• After Lara showers, she sees a hair on her chin which she plucks with a tweezer.

  Fiction book (1994)

• PHOTOS: Lured by tender green buds, a hoatzin stretches out to pluck a meal below.

  Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

D

to displume

vsto pluck

• Archaic

9.9

To remove feathers from a bird

is used mainly when preparing a bird for cooking

D

to deplume

vsto pluck

• Archaic

9.9

To pull the feathers off a bird before cooking

is especially used when birds are prepared to be eaten

D

to deplumate

vsto pluck

• Archaic

9.9

To remove the feathers from a bird

is applied mainly when removing feathers for cooking purposes

Antonyms

F

to feather

1 3.7

To grow feathers, as young birds do

Phrasal Verbs

P

to pluck at

3 6.1

To pull lightly and repeatedly at something with your fingers

P

to pluck the string

1 3.9

Gently pull and release a string on an instrument like a guitar or harp to make a sound

Surface Forms

Etymology