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Pluck

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Noun

1. gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness

the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

2. pluck

the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

Verb

3. pick off, pluck, pull off, tweak

pull or pull out sharply

Example Sentences:
'pluck the flowers off the bush'

4. hustle, pluck, roll

sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

5. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge

rip off; ask an unreasonable price

6. pick, pluck, plunk

pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

Example Sentences:
'he plucked the strings of his mandolin'

7. deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear

strip of feathers

Example Sentences:
'pull a chicken'
'pluck the capon'

8. cull, pick, pluck

look for and gather

Example Sentences:
'pick mushrooms'
'pick flowers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pluck

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verb
1. (transitive)
to pull off (feathers, fruit, etc) from (a fowl, tree, etc)
2. (when intr, foll by at)
to pull or tug
3. (tr; foll by off, away, etc) archaic
to pull (something) forcibly or violently (from something or someone)
4. (transitive)
to sound (the strings) of (a musical instrument) with the fingers, a plectrum, etc
5. (transitive) another word for strip1 (sense 7)
6. (transitive) slang
to fleece or swindle
noun
7. 
courage, usually in the face of difficulties or hardship
8. 
a sudden pull or tug
9. 
the heart, liver, and lungs, esp of an animal used for food

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Pluck

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verb transitive
1. 
to pull off or out; pick
2. 
to drag or snatch; grab
3. 
to pull feathers or hair from
to pluck a chicken, pluck eyebrows
4. 
to pull at (the strings of a musical instrument) and release quickly with little jerking movements of the fingers
5.  Slang
to rob or swindle
verb intransitive
6. 
to pull; tug; snatch
often with at
7. 
to pluck a musical instrument
noun
8. 
an act of pulling; tug
9. 
an animal's heart, liver, lungs, and windpipe, used for food
10. 
courage to meet danger or difficulty; fortitude

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pluck

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v. plucked, pluck·ing, plucks
v.tr.
1. To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick: pluck a flower; pluck feathers from a chicken.
2. To pull out the hair or feathers of: pluck a chicken.
3. To remove abruptly or forcibly: plucked their child from school in midterm.
4. To give an abrupt pull to; tug at: pluck a sleeve.
5. 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.
1. The act or an instance of plucking.
2. Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit.
3. The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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