verb

• (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
  "She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."
• (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
  "First of all, he says a lot of the promotions from the ranks are promotions of the sons of officers who have gone wrong , or got "plucked," or what not, and who are brought up again along another road for commissioned rank."
• (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
  "Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."
• (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
  "Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust."

noun

• (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
  "He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck."
• (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.