kyniä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pluck verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
Senses
kyniä is used for these senses in English:
- pluck (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
- take to the cleaners (originally, US, slang, idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.
pluck — full definition
- verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
- verb To remove feathers from a bird before cooking it.
- verb To sound a string on an instrument by pulling and releasing it with the fingers.
- noun Courage and determination in a difficult situation.