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  • past participle of pluck.
  • past tense form of pluck.

plucked



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When a violin string is plucked, it produces a main tone along with a series of overtones.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

After “Let ’Em In,” McCartney asked his band member Brian Ray to show off the song’s all-important bass line: a single note plucked over and over and over again.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Paul, the first contestant not to be plucked from the Bachelor Nation, broke that mould in many ways.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The opening ballad, “Risk It All,” is pretty but listless, with Mr. Mars singing over a gently plucked nylon-string guitar until a relaxed syncopated groove folds in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Before Bertha could evade him, he reached over the fence and plucked a plume from her tail, which made her hiss mightily.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood



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