pluck in WordNet English dictionary

1. look for and gather
   "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
   pick  pluck  cull 
   
2. strip of feathers
   "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
   pluck  pull  tear  deplume  deplumate  displume 
   
3. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
   overcharge  soak  surcharge  gazump  fleece  plume  pluck  rob  hook 
   
4. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
   hustle  pluck  roll 
   
5. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
   "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
   pluck  plunk  pick 
   
6. pull or pull out sharply
   "pluck the flowers off the bush"
   pluck  tweak  pull off  pick off 
   

1. the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
   gutsiness  pluck  pluckiness 
   
2. the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
   pluck