🎸 Played by pulling 🐔 Feathers removed

plucked

5.1

Sound made when someone pulls and releases strings with fingers or a pick

adjective
/plʌkt/

Specialized

: pizzicato

The sound of the harp was soothing, as the strings were beautifully plucked during the performance.

Is a vibrating string on a guitar plucked?

Examples

You've plucked a violin string that starts waves going back and forth in the spring in the string.
But have you ever also thought to yourself what actually happens when you pluck a guitar string?
It's possible because the keys are closer to the plucking point that they want them lighter.
It's the same fingering patterns as a violin, so that everything that you learn to pluck, you can then learn to bow later.
Now all of these chords require you to pluck only the notes that you're fingering.
She plucked the strings of the guitar gently, creating a lovely melody in the quiet room.
In his lesson, the teacher demonstrated how to properly pluck each string for a clearer tone.

Antonyms

bowed

Specialized

7.0

Played by pulling a curved stick across the strings of an instrument

Surface Forms

plucked positive

Morphology

plucked = pluck (transparent) = pluck + ed

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'pluck' with the regular past-participle suffix '-ed', and the meaning 'produced by plucking' follows standard derivation.

Etymology

Plucked comes from the verb pluck, which means 'to pull' or 'pick' with your fingers. So a plucked instrument makes sound by you 'pulling' the strings with your fingers or a pick, not by bowing or hitting them.