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