Associations to the word «Plucked»

Wiktionary

PLUCKED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of pluck
PLUCKED, adjective. (of something with feathers, hair etc.) Having had these items removed by plucking.
PLUCKED, adjective. (of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.
PLUCKED, adjective. Having courage and spirit; plucky.

Dictionary definition

PLUCKED, adjective. Of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum.
PLUCKED, adjective. Having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope