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.