pluck
/plʌk/ · noun
Meaning
- An instance of plucking.
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
- Cheap wine.
- To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- 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.
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
- To play a string instrument pizzicato.
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