overpluck

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ pluck.

Verb

overpluck (third-person singular simple present overplucks, present participle overplucking, simple past and past participle overplucked)

  1. To pluck something too much, usually one's eyebrows
    • 2009 January 8, Laura Holson, “Working Toward Veronica Lake”, in New York Times:
      Brows should be sculpted, but not severe (no overplucking), with a high arch.