[plʌk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place
(e.g: she plucked a blade of grass)

- quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation
(e.g: the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage)

- sound (a musical instrument or its strings) with one's finger or a plectrum
(e.g: she picked up her guitar and plucked it idly)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English ploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken; probably from the base of Old French (es)peluchier ‘to pluck’. Sense 1 of the noun is originally boxers' slang

[plʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- spirited and determined courage
(e.g: it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’)

- the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food


Phrases:

Origin:
late Old English ploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken; probably from the base of Old French (es)peluchier ‘to pluck’. Sense 1 of the noun is originally boxers' slang