transitive verb

1. to pull off or out; pick
2. to drag or snatch; grab
3. to pull feathers or hair from to pluck a chicken, pluck eyebrows
4. to pull at (the strings of a musical instrument) and release quickly with little jerking movements of the fingers
5. Slang to rob or swindle

Etymology: ME plukken < OE pluccian, akin to Ger pflücken < VL *piluccare, to pull out (> Fr éplucher), for L pilare, to deprive of hair < pilus, hair: see pile

intransitive verb

1. to pull; tug; snatch: often with at
2. to pluck a musical instrument

noun

1. an act of pulling; tug
2. an animal's heart, liver, lungs, and windpipe, used for food
3. courage to meet danger or difficulty; fortitude