pull at

1. 1.

   pluck or pull at with the fingers

   “She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse”

   Synonymspick atpluck at

   Broaderpull

Questions about pull at

What does pull at mean?

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

What is another word for pull at?

Close synonyms include pick at, pluck 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 pull at a common word?

pull 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.