Synonyms of plucks

plucks 1 of 2

noun

plural of pluck

as in tugs

the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force

a quick pluck pulled the hair right out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tugs
• pulls
• yanks
• draws
• jerks
• wrenches
• hauls
• grabs
• tows
• snatches
• twitches
• drags
• hitches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pushes
• thrusts
• heaves
• shoves

plucks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pluck

as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezes
• hustles
• stings
• cheats
• sticks
• beats
• does
• screws
• bleeds
• deceives
• victimizes
• defrauds
• fiddles
• diddles
• bilks
• shortchanges
• tricks
• reams
• swindles
• suckers
• betrays
• chisels
• rips off
• mulcts
• shorts
• shakes down
• fleeces
• rooks
• extorts
• cozens
• does in
• exploits
• cons
• stiffs
• skins
• gaffs
• wrings
• nobbles
• hoses
• wrenches
• chouses
• wrests
• flimflams
• fools
• clips
• thimblerigs
• euchres
• soaks
• takes to the cleaners
• skunks
• takes for a ride
• sells a bill of goods to
• gouges
• milks
• nicks
• overcharges
• gulls
• dupes
• bamboozles
• ropes (in)
• bitches
• double-crosses
• fast-talks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plucks

Noun

The opening acoustic guitar plucks were full in the lower frequencies while showing enough treble finesse to convey fine string texture. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 14 June 2026

Verb

His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

The multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, who rocks an early era Maxwell ‘fro, plays drums, plucks bass, and sings about the ups and downs of love and consumerism on his new album, LK99. — Elise Brisco, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2026

Tabakis lightly strums and plucks over a glowing drone and chattering birds, offering an ecumenical introduction, a smiling welcome. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026

Carrera now plucks the melody in single notes. — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026

But if Rick later plucks something from behind that rock at the fire, are others going to start poking around looking for stuff? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026

The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026

From the metallic sheen of a beetle to the delicacy of a butterfly, Sandini described how Materia Futura plucks inspiration straight from nature. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Jan. 2026