Pluck(v. t.)
- Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
Pluck(v. t.)
- To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
Pluck(v. t.)
- To reject at an examination for degrees.
Pluck(v. i.)
- To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
Pluck(n.)
- The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Pluck(n.)
- The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.