plucked

Meanings

Verb

• pull or pull out sharply
• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
• rip off; ask an unreasonable price
• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
  • "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
• strip of feathers
• look for and gather

Adjective

• of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum

Adjective Satellite

• having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl
  • "a plucked chicken"

Synonyms

cull, deplumate, deplume, displume, fleece, gazump, hook, hustle, overcharge, pick, pick off, pluck, plume, plunk, pull, pull off, rob, roll, soak, surcharge, tear, tweak

Antonyms

bowed, undercharge