plucked

1. 1.

   of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

   Antonymsbowed

   Similarpizzicato

   music

2. 2.

   having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl

   “a plucked chicken”

   “an unfeathered goose”

   Similarunfeathered

Other forms of plucked

comparative

pluckedder·

superlative

pluckeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plucked

What does plucked mean?

plucked means "of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plucked?

plucked has 1 syllable: plucked. In IPA it is /ˈplʌkt/.

What is the opposite of plucked?

The recorded antonyms are bowed.

Is plucked a common word?

plucked is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.