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.