plucked

/plʌkt/

IPA: /P L AH1 K T/

verb

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

adjective

1
(of something with feathers, hair etc.) Having had these items removed by plucking.
2
(of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.
3
Having courage and spirit; plucky.

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