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pluck

Nouns

• (n) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury gutsiness, pluckiness,
• (n) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

Verbs

• (v) pull or pull out sharply
  • pluck the flowers off the bush
  pull off, pick off, tweak,
• (v) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity hustle, roll,
• (v) rip off; ask an unreasonable price fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, hook, rob, soak, surcharge,
• (v) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
  • he plucked the strings of his mandolin
  plunk, pick,
• (v) strip of feathers
  • pull a chicken
  • pluck the capon
  deplumate, deplume, displume, tear, pull,
• (v) look for and gather
  • pick mushrooms
  • pick flowers
  cull, pick,

Synonyms

gutsiness pluckiness pull off pick off tweak hustle roll fleece gazump overcharge plume hook rob soak surcharge plunk pick deplumate deplume displume tear pull cull

Antonyms

gutlessness undercharge

See also

receive pick up catch pull off pick off tweak pick over sieve out get a line get wind get word discover find out hear learn see cull out winnow

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