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