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

  • (..) Hermione? Are you okay? Do you remember me telling you. . . . . .that the Polyjuice Potion was only for human transformations? lt was cat hair l plucked off Millicent Bulstrode's robes. Look at my face. Look at your tail. Have you spoken to Hermione? She should be out of hospital (..)
    2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • (..) - Two singles. - Yeah. Like those... individually wrapped slices of cheese that... we're friends. Did I pluck a nerve there? - Oh,yeah. - Okay. All right,everybody,it's time to eat. Oh,lord,we thank you for this meal and all of your bounty. (..)
    2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Luminous Fish Effect Season: 1 Episode 4
  • (..) You eat like this, you'll believe anything. So Katniss Everdeen, a poor unstable girl Simply a face plucked from the masses. She was extremely valuable to your rebellion You call yourselves an alliance. But we saw what that means. Your soldiers are (..)
    2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2