plucking

Strumming guitar strings

Plucking is the act of pulling or picking something with a quick motion.

You pluck feathers from a bird, strings on a guitar, or eyebrow hairs with tweezers.

The word suggests a sharp, deliberate tug: She sat plucking petals from a daisy.

To pluck up courage is to summon it with effort.

grooming

eyebrows

Hair above eyes

unwanted · shaping · arching · chin · upper lip · strays · ingrown · precision · salon · aesthetician

strings

pizzicato

String-plucking technique

  • guitarFretted stringed instrument
  • banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
  • harpPlucked orchestral strings

bass · ukulele · mandolin · lute · fingerstyle · fingerpicking · arpeggios · chords · melody · notes

courage

bravery

Boldness before danger

  • nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
  • gutsEntrails or boldness
  • spunkInformal word for courage

mettle · grit · boldness · fortitude · tenacity · determination · backbone · moxie · daring · resolve

feathers

down

Toward lower ground

  • quillFeather used for writing
  • pinionToothed wheel, small
  • preenGroom with self-satisfaction

molting · defeathering · poultry · chicken · goose · duck · game · fowl · barbs · coverts

harvest

picking

Act of selecting

tea · cotton · leaves · orchard · vineyard · ripe · gathering · hand-picked · selective · stems

Categories
Opposites
hair/feather removal method

pluckingshaving

Removing hair with blade

cutting · trimming · clipping · shearing · growing

string instrument technique

pluckingbowing

Bending forward in deference

arco · striking · strumming · hammering · sustaining

harvesting action

pluckingplanting

Placing seeds in earth

sowing · leaving · abandoning · ignoring · cultivating

Phrases
Family

overplucking

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G