PLUCK

pluck

Noun

  1. An instance of plucking
    ''Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck
  2. The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
  3. Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
    He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.

Verb

  1. To pull something sharply; to pull something out
    She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
  2. To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
    Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
  3. To remove feathers from a bird.
  4. To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
    ''The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way
  5. To play a string instrument pizzicato
    ''Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break
  6. To pull or twitch sharply.
    to pluck at somebody's sleeve
  7. To reject at an examination for degrees.


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