plucking
verbHow to pronounce plucking:
Definition of plucking:
- plucking (verb):
- to pull or pick off or out
- to pull out the feathers of (a bird for cooking)
Synonyms for plucking:
beating
betraying
bilking
bleeding
cheating
chiseling
chiselling
chousing
clipping
collect
conning
cozening
deceiving
defrauding
diddling
doing
doing in
draw
euchring
exploiting
fiddling
fleecing
flimflamming
fooling
gaffing
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Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- plowing
- ploughing
- plighted
- pliers
- plexus
- pledges
- pleading
- playgrounds
- plaxy
- plato
- plantains
- plantae
- planktons
- plankton
- planets
- plaintiff
- plaguy
- placer
- placards
- placard
- pixes
- pixels
- pivot
- pitted
- pitfall
- pistia
- pipple
- piotr
- pineal
- pillows
- pika
- pietro
- piet
- piebald
- pictures
- pickled
- picket
- pica
- phoebus
- phineas
- phases
- phaeton
- phaedra
- petit
- petful
- petey
- pestered
- pesos
- peso
- pervade
- … more
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