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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

  1. verb To pull something out or off with a quick, sharp motion.
  2. verb To remove feathers from a bird before cooking it.
  3. verb To sound a string on an instrument by pulling and releasing it with the fingers.
  4. noun Courage and determination in a difficult situation.

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