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

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   • English (US)

     PLUCK meaning: 1. to pull something, especially with a...

   • Pluck at Something

     PLUCK AT SOMETHING definition: 1. to pull something with...

   • Znaczenie Pluck, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     PLUCK definicja: 1. to pull something, especially with a...

   • Pluck: Norwegian Translation

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   • Pluck Turkish Translation

     PLUCK translate: yolmak, almak, (müzik aleti) parmakla...

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4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPLUCK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   verb (used with object) to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken. to give a pull at; grasp: to pluck someone's sleeve.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › pluckPluck - definition of pluck by The Free Dictionary

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   Pluck can mean to pull off or out something, to sound a musical instrument, or to show courage. It can also be a noun for the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal. See different sources and usage examples of pluck.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › pluckPluck - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   To pluck is to pick or pull a single item out of many, like a flower or a hair. As a noun, pluck is energy or enthusiasm, even when things are looking grim. Don't pluck only the best cherries off the tree: that's cherry-picking! Before you cook a goose, you need to pluck its feathers.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionpluck verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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