mispluck

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verb

To pluck incorrectly.

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Meanings

verbmispluck (third-person singular simple present misplucks, present participle misplucking, simple past and past participle misplucked)

present singular third person misplucks · participle present misplucking · participle past misplucked · past misplucked

  1. ambitransitiveTo pluck incorrectly.

    If there were any misplayed notes or misplucked strings, this listener blissfully unaware of them.

    1979, High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America - Volume 29, page 32
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    Although Kirchofs technique is fluid, it can also become rather sloppy, riddled with far too many misplucked notes.

    1991, Musical America - Volume 111

    Anna's repertoire of folk songs usually delights the audience and has them joining in each chorus, but tonight her voice sounds reedy and her fingers mispluck several times.

    2018, Judy McInerney, The Pumilio Child

Origin

From mis- + pluck.

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APA

mispluck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispluck

MLA

“mispluck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispluck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mispluck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispluck.

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