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▸ verb: (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
▸ verb: (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
▸ verb: (transitive) To remove feathers from a bird.
▸ verb: (transitive, now rare) To rob, steal from; to cheat or swindle (someone).
▸ verb: (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
▸ verb: (UK, university slang, transitive, obsolete) To reject (a student) after they fail an examination for a degree.
▸ verb: Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
▸ noun: An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
▸ noun: The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
▸ noun: (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
▸ noun: (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.
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courage,
courageousness,
bravery,
valor,
gallantry,
audacity,
audaciousness,
daring,
daredevilry,
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