pluck

transitive verb

1

: to pull or pick off or out

2

a : to remove something (as hairs) from by or as if by plucking {pluck one's eyebrows} b : rob, fleece

3

: to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly {plucked the child from the middle of the street}

4

a : to pick, pull, or grasp at b : to play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick 

 

intransitive verb

: to make a sharp pull or twitch