1. (

• pluck ,
• tweak ,
• pull_off ,
• pick_off

) pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" ;

2. (

• hustle ,
• pluck ,
• roll

) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity ;

3. (

• overcharge ,
• soak ,
• surcharge ,
• gazump ,
• fleece ,
• plume ,
• pluck ,
• rob ,
• hook ,

) rip off; ask an unreasonable price ;

4. (

• pluck ,
• plunk ,
• pick ,

) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" ;

5. (

• pluck ,
• pull ,
• tear ,
• deplume ,
• deplumate ,
• displume

) strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" ;

6. (

• pick ,
• pluck ,
• cull

) look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" ;

1. (

• plucked

) of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum ;

2. (

• plucked

) having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose" ;