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 verb1: to pull or pick off or out2 a: to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by plucking <pluck one's eyebrows> b: rob, fleece3: 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