pleck

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/plɛk/

noun

A plot of ground.

OriginMiddle English pleck ← Middle Dutch plecke ← Proto-West Germanic *plakkju →
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Meanings

pleck1

nounpleck (plural plecks)

plural plecks

  1. UKdialectalA plot of ground.

Pleck2

proper noun
  1. A hamlet in Batcombe parish, Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref ST6104).
  2. A small area of Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7408).
  3. A hamlet in Marnhull parish, Dorset, previously in North Dorset district (OS grid ref ST7717).
  4. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9997).

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*plakjō“spot, stain”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*plakkju
  3. Middle Dutchplecke
  4. Middle Englishpleck
  5. Englishpleck

From Middle English pleck, plek, perhaps a variation of plack, or perhaps from Middle Dutch plecke, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). Cognate with West Frisian plak (“place, location, spot”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, place, patch”). More at patch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

pleck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleck

MLA

“pleck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleck. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleck,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleck.

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