Lexic.us

Definition of Plucked

1. Adjective. Of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum.

2. Adjective. Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl. "An unfeathered goose"

Definition of Plucked

1. a. Having courage and spirit.

Definition of Plucked

1. Verb. (past of pluck) ¹

2. Adjective. (''of something with feathers, hair etc.'') Having had these items removed by plucking. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking. ¹

4. Adjective. Having courage and spirit; plucky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plucked

1. pluck [v] - See also: pluck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plucked

plowwright plowwrights plowzone ploy ployed ploying ployment ploys ployurethan pls

plu pluck pluck at pluck up pluckable plucked (current term) plucker pluckers pluckier pluckiest

pluckily pluckiness pluckinesses plucking plucking post plucking posts pluckings pluckless plucks pluckt

Literary usage of Plucked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Shall I break off with the finest girl in England, and the BEST-plucked ... The DAD-plucked ones thinking that after all it isn't worth while to keep it up. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1801)
"Unto a nation [) dragged away and plucked, Go swift messengers:}:, A natio;i expecting, expecting-, and trampled under foot, Unto a people wonderful from ..."

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