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Pronunciation: [plˈʌks] (IPA)

Plucks is a word that refers to pulling something with force and usually with fingers. There are other words that can be used to replace this word. One of those words is "pluck" which is a verb that refers to pull something. Another word that can replace "plucks" is "yank" which refers to a sudden and forceful pull. Additionally, "tugs" is another word that can be used, which refers to pulling something especially to initiate movement. Other synonyms for "plucks" include "grip," "seize,""snap," "grab," and "wrench," which all imply the act of pulling with force. In summary, there are many synonyms for "plucks" that can be used to replace it, each with a slightly different connotation.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Plucks

To walk through the streets of London until he came to Katharine's house, to look up at the windows and fancy her within, seemed to him possible for a moment; and then he rejected the plan almost with a blush as, with a curious division of consciousness, one plucks a flower sentimentally and throws it away, with a blush, when it is actually picked.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
Seeing me treated like a child, and put down like a fool, he plucks up a heart and has a fling at a fellow that he thinks-and may well think, too-hasn't a grain of spirit.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
The daughter-in-law plucks feathers-she is a Tikerin, and watches beside women in child-bed, or else by the sick.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz

Famous quotes with Plucks

  • Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday mood, even though he often plucks flowers by the wayside and ties them into knots and garlands like little children and lays out on a sunny morning.
    W. B. Yeats
  • Every time a good child dies, an angel of God comes down to earth. He takes the child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with it all over the places the child loved on earth. The angel plucks a large handful of flowers, and they carry it with them up to God, where the flowers bloom more brightly than they ever did on earth.
    Hans Christian Andersen

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