pluck

engleză

Din engleza medie plucken, plukken, plockien, care provine din engleza veche pluccian, ploccian și plyċċan din engleza veche < proto-germanică *plukkōnan, *plukkijanan care este de origine necunoscută.

Conjugarea verbului to pluck
Infinitiv	to pluck
Prezent simplu pers. 3 sg.	plucks
Trecut simplu	plucked
Participiu trecut	plucked
Participiu prezent	plucking

a scoate (brusc), a trage
She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
(muz.) a ciupi (coardele)
Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
a smulge, a jumuli (o pasăre)
John, don't forget to pluck the goose and take it to the kitchen.
a jefui, a prăda, a jecmăni
The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.

pluck, (nenumărabil)

smulgere, jumulire
Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
(gastr.) măruntaie de pasăre
(fig.) temeritate, insolență, perseverență, cutezanță
He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.