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pluck verb

  /plʊk/ , /plʌk/
  • (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
 plumer
  • (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
 pincer
  • (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
 tirer
  • (transitive, now, rare) To rob, steal from; to cheat or swindle (someone).
 voler

pluck noun

  /plʊk/ , /plʌk/
  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
 abats
  • (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
 persévérance
(du) cœur, plumaison

plucking

plumaison
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