pluck at

Meaning

1. pluck at sth

   to hold sth with the fingers and pull it gently, especially more than once

   The child kept plucking at his mother's sleeve.

In the movies · 37

• Lot of spunk. Lot of pluck.A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote2020
• OK, pluck my eyes out. OK.The Proposal2009
• Simply a face plucked from the masses.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015
• An orphan we plucked from the street and honed into a knifeJohn Wick: Chapter 42023
• It's a curated word salad plucked from a sea of data to sound deliberate.M3GAN2022
• I don't care if she plucked puppies from God's ass!Battlestar Galactica: The Plan2009
• - Pluck it. - Pluck it?The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus2009
• Oh, I've plucked it. - Mm.Good Luck to You, Leo Grande2022

Learn it in full scenes

• The Proposal2009
  • Margaret Fires Bob
  • Margaret Announces a Fake Engagement
  • Margaret Fakes a Marriage Interview

From the same entry

• pluck out of the air
• pluck up courage