Main Entry: ¹pluck

Pronunciation: \ˈplək\

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to pluck

Date: before 12th century

transitive verb 1 : to pull or pick off or out
2 a : to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by plucking <pluck one's eyebrows> b : rob, fleece
3 : to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly <plucked 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 pickintransitive verb : to make a sharp pull or twitch

— pluck·er noun