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What does pluck mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pluck? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
  2. (music) To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
  3. (transitive) To remove feathers from a bird.
  4. (transitive) To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
  5. (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato
  6. (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
  7. (Britain, universities) To reject at an examination for degrees.
Noun
  1. An instance of plucking
  2. The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
  3. (informal) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
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