pluck

Definition

  • verb: to pull (something) quickly to remove it
  • verb: to pull or pick off or out
  • synonyms: twitch, pull, spirit

Examples

  • She 'plucks' her eyebrows. [=she regularly removes some of the hairs in her eyebrows to make her eyebrows have a particular shape]

  • We 'plucked' [='chose'] passages at random from the book and read them aloud.

  • Firefighters 'plucked' the child from the top floor of the burning building.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) but when the barkeep brings them over, each of them finds a fly in his cup. The Lannister, outraged, shoves the cup aside and demands another. The Martell plucks the fly out and swallows it whole. The Stark reaches into his cup, pulls out the fly and shouts, "Spit it out, you wee shit. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: No One Season: 6 Episode 8