pluck at

1. 1.

   pluck or pull at with the fingers

   “She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse”

   Synonymspick atpull at

   Broaderpull

Questions about pluck at

What does pluck at mean?

pluck at means "pluck or pull at with the fingers".

What is another word for pluck at?

Close synonyms include pick at, pull at. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pluck at a common word?

pluck at is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.