plucked

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Verb

plucked

  1. simple past and past participle of pluck

Adjective

plucked (comparative more plucked, superlative most plucked)

  1. Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking.
    Hyponym: defeathered
    Coordinate term: shaved
  2. (of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.
  3. (UK, slang, dated) Having courage and spirit; plucky.
    • 1869, George J. Whyte-Melville, M. Or N., volume 1, page 200:
      He could scarcely contain his admiration. "What a plucked un!" he muttered; "what a plucked un! No miss," he added, "you needn't fear. Fear, says I? You never feared nothink in your life. []

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