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Noun pluck has 2 senses
- gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness - the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
--1 is a kind of fearlessness
- pluck - the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
--2 is a kind of pull, pulling
Verb pluck has 6 senses
- pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
--1 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- hustle, pluck, roll - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
--2 is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
--3 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- pluck, plunk, pick - pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
--4 is one way to pull, draw, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
- pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
--5 is one way to strip
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pick, pluck, cull - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
--6 is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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