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pluck /ˈplʌk/  

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  • verb
    plucks; plucked; plucking
    [+ obj] :to pull (something) quickly to remove it
    My sister plucked a white hair from my head.
    The hunter plucked the bird's feathers.
    plucking petals off/from a flower
    pluck [=pick] a lemon from the tree
    [+ obj] :to remove some or all of the feathers or hairs from (something)
    They plucked a chicken.
    She plucks her eyebrows. [=she regularly removes some of the hairs in her eyebrows to make her eyebrows have a particular shape]
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [+ obj]
    to take (someone or something) away from a place or situation suddenly or by force
    Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building.
    He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.
    a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter
    to select or take (something) usually from a group, container, or place
    We plucked [=chose] passages at random from the book and read them aloud.
    He plucked a stone out of the river.
    to pull and release (a string on a musical instrument) with your fingers in order to make a sound [+ obj]
    pluck a guitar string [no obj]
    pluck on a guitar string
    to play (a guitar, banjo, etc.) by pulling and releasing the strings with your fingers [+ obj]
    She was softly plucking a banjo. [no obj]
    plucking on/at a banjo
    pluck at
    [phrasal verb]
    pluck at (something) :to pull part of (something) with your fingers especially more than once
    He nervously plucked at the blanket.
    pluck up (the) courage
    If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it.
    He finally plucked up the courage to ask her out on a date.
    noun
    [noncount] old-fashioned + informal :a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult :courage and determination
    It takes pluck to do what she did.
    She showed pluck in getting up on stage.

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