pleck

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English pleck, plek, perhaps a variation of plack, or perhaps from Middle Dutch plecke, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *plakkju, from Proto-Germanic *plakjō (“spot, stain”). Cognate with West Frisian plak (“place, location, spot”), Dutch plek (“place, spot, patch”), Low German Plakk, Plakke (“spot, place, patch”). More at patch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /plɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Noun === pleck (plural plecks) (UK dialectal) A plot of ground.