plucks
Yanks out feathers
Plucks is the verb pluck in the third person singular.
To pluck is to pull something out or off with a quick motion: She plucks her eyebrows.
You pluck a chicken to remove its feathers, pluck a flower from a garden, or pluck strings on a guitar.
To pluck up courage is to summon it despite fear.
As a noun, pluck is spirited courage in the face of difficulty—originally butcher's slang for the heart, liver, and lungs pulled from a carcass.
Brush strings rhythmically
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- guitaristOne who plays six strings
- bassistDeep-string instrumentalist
violinist · cellist · banjo · ukulele · mandolin · harp · chord · arpeggio
Soft, kind demeanor
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- carefulnessQuality of being thorough
precision · featherlight · touch · daintiness · nimbleness · tweeze · pinch · nip
strum
Brush strings rhythmically
- pizzicatoString-plucking technique
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- guitaristOne who plays six strings
bassist · violinist · cellist · banjo · ukulele · mandolin · harp · chord · arpeggio · fingerpicking
gentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
carefulness · precision · featherlight · touch · daintiness · nimbleness · tweeze · pinch · nip · tug
bravery
Boldness before danger
guts · heroism · audacity · tenacity · resolve · mettle · daring · fearlessness · gallantry · intrepidity
picking
Act of selecting
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
orchard · vineyard · produce · glean · fruit · berries · grapes · flowers · herbs · cotton
- audio samplessamples, loops, vocal samples, one-shots, one shots
- offaloffal, variety meats, organs, kidney, liver
- plucking strings
- pluck upSummon inner resolve
- plucking eyebrowsRemoving brow hairs individually
- plucked upGathered one's courage
- pluck up one's courageForce yourself to be bold
- plucking upGathering resolve or courage
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