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    pluck
    /plʌk/

    verb

    • 1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place: "she plucked a blade of grass" Similar removepick offpickpull
    • 2. quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: "the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"

    noun

    • 1. spirited and determined courage: "it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’"
    • 2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.

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