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Meaning of pluck
noun
- An instance of plucking. Example: Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. Example: He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
- Cheap wine.
verb
- To pull something sharply; to pull something out Example: She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
- To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. Example: Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- To rob, fleece, steal forcibly Example: The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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