plucking en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈplʌkɪŋ/
Meanings
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(countable, gerund, of pluck, uncountable) An act in which something is plucked.
Dirty Projectors builds elaborate “glitch operas” with stark pluckings of strings […].
2007 April 27, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
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(countable, uncountable) A fragment of something obtained by plucking.
Yield per acre and moisture content of grass pluckings taken at 14- or 28-day intervals during the seasons of 1933 and 1934
1937, Archibald Dixon Shamel, Carl Schurz Scofield, David A. Savage, Wheat Requirements in Europe:
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(countable, uncountable) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.
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, […]
1959, E. A. Apps, Printing Ink Technology, page 415:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pluckings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ripe for the plucking · ear plucking
Translations (1)
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