Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pluck

An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. / The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.

(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out / (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

simple past tense and past participle of pluck

Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking. / (of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking. / (UK, slang, dated) Having courage and spirit; plucky.

present participle of pluck

(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked. / A fragment of something obtained by plucking. / (printing) The undesirable situation in which printed ink becomes detached from the paper.

plural of plucking

(transitive) To remove or acquire by plucking from, for example, the ground; to pick up. / (intransitive) To become more cheerful.

A raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts before consuming it.