Plucks vs Plunks - What's the difference?
plucks | plunks |
(pluck)
(lb) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
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*1900 , , Ch.I:
*:The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined.
To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
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(lb) To remove feathers from a bird.
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*:Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust.
(lb) To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
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(lb) To play a string instrument pizzicato
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(lb) To pull or twitch sharply.
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To reject at an examination for degrees.
*1847 , , (Jane Eyre)
*:He went to college, and he got— plucked , I think they call it: and then his uncles wanted him to be a barrister, and study the law.
An instance of plucking
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
(plunk)
To drop or throw heavily (onto or into something) so that it makes a sound
In baseball, to intentionally hit the batter with a pitch
As verbs the difference between plucks and plunks
is that plucks is (pluck) while plunks is (plunk).plucks
English
Verb
(head)pluck
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Verb
Derived terms
* plucker * plucking * pluck upNoun
(-)- ''Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck
- He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck .
Derived terms
* pluckyReferences
* * *Anagrams
*plunks
English
Verb
(head)plunk
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Verb
(en verb)- Enrique plunked his money down on the counter with a sigh and bellied up to the bar.
- The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.