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Meaning
Verb
●
To
pull
something
sharply
; to
pull
something out
●
To take or
remove
(someone)
quickly
from a particular place or situation.
●
In Music:
To
gently
play
a
single
string
, e.g. on a
guitar
,
violin
etc.
●
To
remove
feathers
from a bird.
●
To
rob
,
steal
from; to
cheat
or
swindle
(someone).
●
To
play
a
string instrument
pizzicato.
●
To
pull
or
twitch
sharply.
●
In British English & Universities:
To
reject
(
a student
) after they
fail
an
examination
for a degree.
●
Of a
glacier
: to
transport
individual
pieces
of
bedrock
by means of
gradual
erosion
through
freezing
and thawing.
Noun
●
An
instance
of
plucking
or
pulling
sharply.
●
The
lungs
,
heart
with
trachea
and often
oesophagus
removed
from
slaughtered
animals.
●
Guts,
nerve
,
fortitude
or persistence.
●
In African-American Vernacular English:
Cheap wine.
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Origin
pluck
English
plucken
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Pull
Chop
Scrape
Snip
Trim
Tweeze
Yank
Shave
Straighten
Pry
Squeeze
Rip
Wash
Flatten
Poke
Blow
Scoop
Curl
Wipe
Lift
Throw
Sprout
Toss
Knock
Grab
Comb
Draw
Rub
Hang
Dangle
Wring
Bite
Whip
Cut
Spit
Tear
Shake
Take
Snatch
Carve
Squish
Peel
Break
Burn
Sweep
Strip
Lop
Strum
Catch
Drop
Hold
Pour
Swallow
Gouge
Brush
Slice
Drag
Dig
Pick Up
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Rhymes
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Huck
Muck
Tuck
Cuck
Duck
Suck
Yuck
Duck
Zucc
Luck
Fuck
Buck
Ruck
Buck
Puck
Shuck
Bruck
Gluck
Chuck
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Stuck
Pluck
Cluck
Chuck
Dafuq
Cruck
Snuck
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Schmuck
Geoduck
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