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   pluck

   /plʌk/

   verb

   • 1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place: "she plucked a blade of grass" Similar removepick offpickpullpull off/outextracttaketake off
   • ▪ catch hold of and pull quickly: "she plucked his sleeve" Similar pull (at)tug (at)clutch (at)snatch (at)take hold ofgrabseizecatch (at)tweaktwitchjerkinformal:yank
   • ▪ pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking: "the turkeys are plucked and cleaned by machine" Similar remove the feathers fromstrip of feathersrare:deplumedisplume
   • ▪ pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater: "whether you pluck your eyebrows depends on your type of looks"
   • ▪ (of glacier ice) break off (pieces of rock) by mechanical force.
   • 2. quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: "the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"
   • 3. sound (a musical instrument or its strings) with one's finger or a plectrum: "she picked up her guitar and plucked it idly" Similar strumpickthrumtwangplunkfingerplay pizzicato

   noun

   • 1. spirited and determined courage: "it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’"
   • 2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.

   Word Origin late Old Englishploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken; probably from the base of Old French (es)peluchier ‘to pluck’. Sense 1 of the noun is originally boxers' slang.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plucker noun
   • 2. pluckless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • K

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPLUCK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   pluck up (the) courage to do something, at pluck up your courage idiom; See all idioms and phrases

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPLUCK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   PLUCK meaning: 1. to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it: 2. to remove the…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of pluck – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PLUCK definition: 1. to quickly pull something or someone from the place where they are: 2. to pull all the feathers…. Learn more.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-japanesePLUCK | translate English to Japanese - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PLUCK translate: ～をさっと取り出す, ～をぐいっと引っぱる, （～の毛）を引きむしる, むしりとる, ～を引き抜く, （弦）をかき鳴らす, 爪弾く, 引（ひ）き抜（ぬ）く, むしり取（と）る, つま弾（び）く. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Japanese Dictionary.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › zht › 詞典PLUCK中文(繁體)翻譯：劍橋詞典 - Cambridge Dictionary

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   pluck翻譯：除去, 拔, 拔去（雞或鳥的毛）, 使脫穎而出；提升, 使…脫離險境，解救, 摘（花）, 音樂, 撥，彈（樂器的弦）, 膽識，勇氣。了解更多。

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPLUCK UP YOUR COURAGE - Cambridge English Dictionary - Cambridge...

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   PLUCK UP YOUR COURAGE definition: 1. to force yourself to be brave enough to do something, although you are frightened or worried…. Learn more.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › it › dizionarioPLUCK | traduzione inglese–italiano: Cambridge Dictionary

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   Indice. PLUCK traduzione: tirar fuori, estrarre, spennare, depilare, pizzicare, strappare, spennare, cogliere, depilare…. Saperne di più.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPLUCKING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   PLUCKING definition: 1. present participle of pluck 2. to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to…. Learn more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-chinese-traditionalPLUCK in Traditional Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary

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    PLUCK translate: 除去, 拔, 拔去（雞或鳥的毛）, 使脫穎而出；提升, 使…脫離險境，解救, 摘（花）, 音樂, 撥，彈（樂器的弦）, 膽識，勇氣. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › fr › dictionnairepluck définition du dictionnaire Anglais-Français - Cambridge...

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    pluck. Nevertheless, there is something immensely satisfying about plucking a book from the shelf, knowing that it contains the information you are seeking urgently, in an easy-to-find format. Extrait de Cambridge English Corpus. Application to plucked stringed instruments. Extrait de Cambridge English Corpus.