Unscramble plucked

Definition of plucked

adjective:

• of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum. Antonyms: bowed.
• having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken", "an unfeathered goose".

verb:

• pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush". Synonyms: pick off, pluck, pull off, tweak.
• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. Synonyms: hustle, pluck, roll.
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price. Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge. Antonyms: undercharge.
• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin". Synonyms: pick, pluck, plunk.
• strip of feathers; "pull a chicken", "pluck the capon". Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear.
• look for and gather; "pick mushrooms", "pick flowers". Synonyms: cull, pick, pluck.

Related words

berry, extort, gouge, mushroom, rack, squeeze, twang, tweeze, wring.

Rhymes with

abduct, conduct, construct, deconstruct, deduct, destruct, duct, induct, instruct, obstruct, reconstruct, tucked.