Other Definitions pluck (enc)
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Pluck| Noun | 1. | pluck - the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury | | | 2. | pluck - the act of pulling and releasing a taut cordpull, pulling - the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" | | | Verb | 1. | pluck - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"draw, pull, force - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" draw off, draw away, pull off - remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese" tweeze - pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair" | | | 2. | pluck - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activitysteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | | | 3. | pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable priceextort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" | | | 4. | pluck - pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"draw, pull, force - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" twang - pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow" | | | 5. | pluck - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood" | | | 6. | pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"mushroom - pick or gather mushrooms; "We went mushrooming in the Fall" berry - pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" | |
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