Definitions
1.verbTo pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."
2.verbTo take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
3.verbTo gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."
4.verbTo remove feathers from a bird.
5.verbTo rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."
6.verbTo play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."
7.verbTo pull or twitch sharply."to pluck at somebody's sleeve"
8.verb(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.
9.verbOf a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
10.adjective(of something with feathers, hair etc.) Having had these items removed by plucking.
11.adjective(of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.
12.adjectiveHaving courage and spirit; plucky.