overpluck

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verb

To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows

OriginEnglish pluck ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verboverpluck (third-person singular simple present overplucks, present participle overplucking, simple past and past participle overplucked)

present singular third person overplucks · participle present overplucking · participle past overplucked · past overplucked

  1. To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows

    Brows should be sculpted, but not severe (no overplucking), with a high arch.

    2009 January 8, Laura Holson, “Working Toward Veronica Lake”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishpluck
  8. Englishoverpluck

From over- + pluck.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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