as in tugs
the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force
a quick pluck pulled the hair right out
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as in squeezes
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible
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Recent Examples of plucks
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2026
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
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Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, who rocks an early era Maxwell ‘fro, plays drums, plucks bass, and sings about the ups and downs of love and consumerism on his new album, LK99.
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Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
Tabakis lightly strums and plucks over a glowing drone and chattering birds, offering an ecumenical introduction, a smiling welcome.
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Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Carrera now plucks the melody in single notes.
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Peter Wayne Moe,
Longreads,
26 Mar. 2026
But if Rick later plucks something from behind that rock at the fire, are others going to start poking around looking for stuff?
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.
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IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
From the metallic sheen of a beetle to the delicacy of a butterfly, Sandini described how Materia Futura plucks inspiration straight from nature.
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Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
The opening acoustic guitar plucks were full in the lower frequencies while showing enough treble finesse to convey fine string texture.
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Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2026
Verb
His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, who rocks an early era Maxwell ‘fro, plays drums, plucks bass, and sings about the ups and downs of love and consumerism on his new album, LK99.
—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
Tabakis lightly strums and plucks over a glowing drone and chattering birds, offering an ecumenical introduction, a smiling welcome.
—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Carrera now plucks the melody in single notes.
—
Peter Wayne Moe,
Longreads,
26 Mar. 2026
But if Rick later plucks something from behind that rock at the fire, are others going to start poking around looking for stuff?
—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
From the metallic sheen of a beetle to the delicacy of a butterfly, Sandini described how Materia Futura plucks inspiration straight from nature.
—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plucks
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Those vessels are smaller commercial ships, including five smaller oil tankers, coastal ships and tugs, according to analysis of the vessels waiting.
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Your 8th House of Intimacy and Resources tugs on play as the intuitive Moon squares messenger Mercury in your 5th House of Creativity.
Verb
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One of our favorite budget models on the market right now is HP's OmniBook X Flip, which squeezes every bit of performance out of its components to deliver capable everyday productivity performance in a good-looking package.
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That suits floating-rate lenders, who earn more when rates stay up, and squeezes any borrower trying to refinance into those rates.
Noun
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Irwin, who is the sister of former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Trent Irwin, recorded 94 flag pulls and 15 interceptions as a safety.
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Metadata, logs and API pulls confirm a token was spent and a call was made.
Verb
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Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.
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Despite concerns that chip stocks could be topping out as the industry hustles to boost supply, Wall Street thinks Micron still has plenty of room to run.
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The yanks are coming, the yanks are coming!
Verb
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Considering Dylan Holloway was that pick, and the Oilers haven’t found much in any round of all the drafts since, the irony stings for fans of the team.
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If feedback stings, breathe, then ask one clarifying question so everyone understands your intent.
Verb
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Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.
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Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
Verb
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The late Bill Carr, a former Florida athletic director who was Houston’s AD when the SWC breakup began, once summed this up to me in a way that still sticks.
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No sooner does Aemond arrive than the silver-white-haired warrior sticks his blade into the smooth-talking Harrenhal caretaker, Ser Simon Strong, played by British thespian Simon Russell Beale.
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