Definition of "plucking" []

• Present participle of pluck. (verb)
• An act in which something is plucked (noun)

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• "This method of plucking, known as _dry plucking_, is preferable when the skin must be kept intact and the poultry kept for any length of time."
• "There's great satisfaction in plucking a future star late in the draft, but with so many different prospect lists circulating before the season even starts, the odds of a rookie living up to his preseason hype are slim."
• "I relax back into the chair only to begin plucking lint off my polyester robe-turned - "attrape tout"."