v.
- take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.
▸catch hold of and pull quickly.
- pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking.
▸pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater.
- sound (a stringed musical instrument) with one's finger or a plectrum.
n.
- spirited and determined courage.
- the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.
Phrase
- pluck up courage
summon up enough courage to do something frightening.
Derivative
Etymology
OE ploccian, pluccian, of Gmc origin.