PLUCK AT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Pluck or pull at with the fingers

Example:

She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse

Synonyms:

pick at; pluck at; pull at

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pluck at" is one way to...):

pull (apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something