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mispluck

mispluck verb: to pluck incorrectly.

Verb

mispluck (third-person singular simple present misplucks, present participle misplucking, simple past and past participle misplucked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To pluck incorrectly.
    • If there were any misplayed notes or misplucked strings, this listener blissfully unaware of them.1979, High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America - Volume 29, page 32
    • Although Kirchofs technique is fluid, it can also become rather sloppy, riddled with far too many misplucked notes.1991, Musical America - Volume 111

Forms of mispluck

third-person singular presentmisplucks
present participlemisplucking
past participlemisplucked
pastmisplucked

Origin of mispluck

From mis- + pluck.

Questions about mispluck

What does mispluck mean?
Mispluck means to pluck incorrectly.
What part of speech is mispluck?
Mispluck is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispluck?
The past tense of mispluck is misplucked.

Words near mispluck in the dictionary

  1. mispledging
  2. misplot
  3. misplots
  4. misplotted
  5. misplotting
  6. mispluck
  7. misplucked
  8. misplucking
  9. misplucks
  10. misplug
  11. misplugged

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