to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
2.
to give a pull at; grasp: to pluck someone's sleeve.
3.
to pull with sudden force or with a jerk.
4.
to pull or move by force (often fol. by away, off, or out).
5.
to remove the feathers, hair, etc., from by pulling: to pluck a chicken.
6.
Slang. to rob, plunder, or fleece.
7.
to sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum.
–verb (used without object)
8.
to pull or tug sharply (often fol. by at).
9.
to snatch (often fol. by at).
–noun
10.
act of plucking; a tug.
11.
the heart, liver, and lungs, esp. of an animal used for food.
12.
courage or resolution in the face of difficulties.
—Verb phrase
13.
pluck up,
a.
to eradicate; uproot.
b.
to summon up one's courage; rouse one's spirits: He always plucked up at the approach of danger. She was a stranger in the town, but, plucking up her courage, she soon made friends.
Origin: bef. 1000; ME plukken (v.), OE pluccian, c. MLG plucken; akin to D plukken, G pflücken
To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken.
To pull out the hair or feathers of: pluck a chicken.
To remove abruptly or forcibly: plucked the child from school in midterm.
To give an abrupt pull to; tug at: pluck a sleeve.
Music To sound (the strings of an instrument) by pulling and releasing them with the fingers or a plectrum.
v.
intr. To give an abrupt pull; tug. n.
The act or an instance of plucking.
Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit.
The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.
[Middle English plukken, from Old English pluccian, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre, from pilus, hair.] pluck'er n.
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