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Plucking
- verb - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
Plugging
- verb - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
- insert a plug into; "plug the wall"
- insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"
Plumbing
- verb - adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
- examine thoroughly and in great depth
- measure the depth of something
- measuring the depths of the oceans
- the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)
- utility consisting of the pipes and fixtures for the distribution of water or gas in a building and for the disposal of sewage
- weight with lead
Plumbism
- noun - toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system
Plumlike
- adjective - resembling a plum fruit
Plummier
- adjective - (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice"
- very desirable; "a plummy leading role"
Plumming
- - The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines.
Plumping
- verb - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
- make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He plonked the money on the table"; "He plonked himself into the sofa"
- very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a plumping majority"
Plumpish
- unknown - slightly overweight
- Slightly plump
Plunging
- verb - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"
- cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"
- dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"
- devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
- drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
- fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
- thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"