plucked

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/plʌkt/

adjective

Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.

Similar
pizzicatounfeatheredfeatherless
Opposite
bowed
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of pluck
adjectiveplucked (comparative more plucked, superlative most plucked)

comparative more plucked · superlative most plucked

  1. Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.
  2. Played by plucking.
  3. UKdatedslangHaving courage and spirit; plucky.

    He could scarcely contain his admiration. "What a plucked un!" he muttered; "what a plucked un! No miss," he added, "you needn't fear. Fear, says I? You never feared nothink in your life. […]

    1869, George J. Whyte-Melville, M. Or N., volume 1, page 200
  4. USslangExposed, embarrassed, humiliated, or caught publicly.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

Similar
pizzicato
Opposite
bowed

adjectivehaving the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

Similar
unfeatheredfeatherless
Also see
featherlesspizzicatounfeathered

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Latin vulsus
  • vulsushaving had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with plucked

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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