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pluck /pluk/ transitive verb- To pull off, out, or away
- To pull forcibly
- To snatch away
- To rescue
- (with down) to bring down, humble (archaic)
- To pull
- To tug
- To sound (a musical string) by pulling sharply with the nails or a plectrum, to pick
- To shape (eyebrows) by removing some of the hairs
- To twitch
- To strip, esp of feathers
- To despoil, rob, fleece
- To fail, refuse a pass to, in an examination (old slang, from the custom of plucking a piece of silk at the back of the proctor's gown in protest)
- To swindle (slang)
intransitive verb To make a pulling or snatching movement (with at) noun- A single act of plucking
- The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal
- Hence, heart, courage, spirit
ORIGIN: OE pluccian; related to Du plukken, Ger pflücken plucked adjective - Subjected to plucking
- Having pluck
pluckˈer noun pluckˈily adverb pluckˈiness noun pluckˈing noun - The action of the verb
- A type of erosion caused by meltwater from a glacier freezing to ice on rocks around it, and plucking pieces from the rock as the ice moves
pluckˈy adjective Having courageous spirit and pertinacity pluck off (Shakespeare) To abate, come down the scale pluck up - To pull out by the roots
- To summon up (esp courage)
- To gather strength or spirit
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