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| pluck [ pluk ] |
verb (past and past participle plucked, present participle pluck·ing, 3rd person present singular plucks) |
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1. transitive verb take something away quickly: to take something away swiftly, often by means of skill or strength
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2. transitive verb quickly remove feathers or hair: to pull out by the roots some or all of the feathers or hair from a bird or other animal
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3. transitive verb pull something off or out: to pull something off or out of something else, e.g. fruit from a tree
  plucking flowers
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4. transitive verb take something casually: to select something randomly or with no obvious reason
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5. transitive and intransitive verb tug at something: to tug quickly at something
felt someone plucking at my sleeve
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6. transitive verb music pull and release strings: to play a stringed musical instrument by quickly pulling and releasing strings with a finger or plectrum
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noun (plural plucks) |
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1. bravery: courage and determination in meeting danger or difficulty
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2. act of plucking: an act or instance of plucking something
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3. food animal's heart, liver, and lungs: the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal, used as meat
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| [ Old English pluccian< Germanic] |
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| pluck·er noun |
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