[pluck] vb [ME, fr. OE pluccian; akin to MHG pflucken to pluck] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to pull or pick off or out
2. a: to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by plucking "~ one's eyebrows" b: rob, fleece
3: to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly "~ed the child from the middle of the street"
4. a: to pick, pull, or grasp at b: to play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick ~ vi: to make a sharp pull or twitch -- pluck.er n
[2]pluck n (15c) 1: an act or instance of plucking or pulling
2: the heart, liver, lungs, and windpipe of a slaughtered animal esp. as an item of food
3: courageous readiness to fight or continue against odds: dogged resolution