Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plucking

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: pluck-ing
IPA: /ˈplʌkɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pluck

noun

An act in which something is plucked.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A fragment of something obtained by plucking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dirty Projectors builds elaborate “glitch operas” with stark pluckings of strings […]."
"Yield per acre and moisture content of grass pluckings taken at 14- or 28-day intervals during the seasons of 1933 and 1934"
"Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

pluckings (plural)

Phrases

ear plucking ripe for the plucking

Rhymes With

fucking sucking trucking ducking tucking bucking chucking mucking clucking shucking lucking

Questions

How do you pronounce plucking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈplʌkɪŋ/.
What does plucking mean?: present participle and gerund of pluck

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