Past tense of pluck
regular verb
The past tense of pluck is plucked. The past participle is also plucked.
Forms of pluck
| Base form (V1) | pluck /plʌk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | plucked /plʌkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | plucked /plʌkt/ |
| Present participle | plucking /ˈplʌkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | plucks /plʌks/ |
Plucked in a sentence
- She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
- Griffin was plucked.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
- He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.From the entry courage
- She was plucked from obscurity to star in a Broadway musical.From the entry obscurity
- Cranston plucked at the ganache, the over-robe Bohun wore, tied round the middle with a ribbon.2020, Paul Doherty, The House of Shadows, Canelo, →ISBN. From the entry ganache
Meaning of pluck
- verb To pull something sharply; to pull something out.
- verb To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- verb To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
Questions about the past tense of pluck
- What is the past tense of pluck?
- The past tense of pluck is plucked.
- What is the past participle of pluck?
- The past participle of pluck is plucked.
- Is pluck a regular or irregular verb?
- Pluck is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pluck (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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