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misplucking

misplucking is the present participle and gerund of mispluck.

Meaning of mispluck

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

Questions about misplucking

What is misplucking the present participle and gerund of?
Misplucking is the present participle and gerund of mispluck.

Words near misplucking in the dictionary

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

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