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   pluck

   /plʌk/

   verb

   • 1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place: "she plucked a blade of grass" Similar removepick offpickpullpull off/outextracttaketake off
   • ▪ catch hold of and pull quickly: "she plucked his sleeve" Similar pull (at)tug (at)clutch (at)snatch (at)take hold ofgrabseizecatch (at)tweaktwitchjerkinformal:yank
   • ▪ pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking: "the turkeys are plucked and cleaned by machine" Similar remove the feathers fromstrip of feathersrare:deplumedisplume
   • ▪ pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater: "whether you pluck your eyebrows depends on your type of looks"
   • ▪ (of glacier ice) break off (pieces of rock) by mechanical force.
   • 2. quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: "the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"
   • 3. sound (a musical instrument or its strings) with one's finger or a plectrum: "she picked up her guitar and plucked it idly" Similar strumpickthrumtwangplunkfingerplay pizzicato

   noun

   • 1. spirited and determined courage: "it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’"
   • 2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.

   Word Origin late Old Englishploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken; probably from the base of Old French (es)peluchier ‘to pluck’. Sense 1 of the noun is originally boxers' slang.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plucker noun
   • 2. pluckless adjective

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     noun. Definition of plucks. plural of pluck. as in tugs. the...

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   noun. Definition of plucks. plural of pluck. as in tugs. the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force a quick pluck pulled the hair right out. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. tugs. pulls. yanks. draws. jerks. wrenches. hauls. grabs. tows. snatches. twitches. drags. hitches.

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   What is a synonym for clutch?

   • You might be taking drastic measures and you've got to have the backbone to do that. Will anyone have the bottle to go through with it? You deserve the highest praise for your bravery. Synonyms for PLUCK in English: pull out or off, pick, draw, collect, gather, harvest, tug, catch, snatch, clutch, …

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   Is a pound of pluck worth a ton of luck?

   • A pound of pluck (courage, determination) is worth a ton (a great deal) of luck according to James A. Garfield. Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion (do not disturb a dangerous situation). If you enjoy the fruit (reward), pluck not the flower (do not risk the source of the reward). Anonymous. One could not pluck a flower (risk something precious) without troubling a star (having unintended consequences). Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety (we find courage in the face of danger).

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   How did pickers pluck the gullible?

   • “Depending on their height, pickers had to bend over and down to pluck cotton from the bolls.” “He let his fingernails grow long, the better to pluck his new classical guitar.” “Working agreements existed between many widely variegated groups which, in themselves, had nothing in common except the intent to pluck the gullible.”

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