■ verb
1》 take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.
↘catch hold of and pull quickly.
2》 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.
3》 sound (a stringed musical instrument) with one's finger or a plectrum.
■ noun
1》 spirited and determined courage.
2》 the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.
Phrases
~ up courage summon up enough courage to do something frightening.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
OE ploccian , pluccian , of Gmc origin.