plucking

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/

Noun

countable gerund of pluck uncountable

(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked. / A fragment of something obtained by plucking. / (printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.

Japanese Meaning

何かを摘む（採る）行為 / 摘み取られたものの一部、一片 / 印刷において、印刷されたインクが紙から剥がれる現象

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The plucking of the chicken's feathers took longer than we expected.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

鶏の羽を引き抜くのに予想より時間がかかった。

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Sense（1）

(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.

Dirty Projectors builds elaborate “glitch operas” with stark pluckings of strings […].

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Sense（2）

A fragment of something obtained by plucking.

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Sense（3）

(printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.

Letterpress and offset gloss varnishes normally have viscosities varying from 50 to 250 poises; they must stain the paper as little as possible, have insufficient tack to cause plucking, […]

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pluckings

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