pluck

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To pull something sharply; to pull something out
2. 2
   To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
3. 3
   To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
4. 4
   To remove feathers from (a bird).
5. 5
   To rob, steal from; to cheat or swindle (someone).
6. 6
   To play a string instrument pizzicato.
7. 7
   To pull or twitch sharply.
8. 8
   To reject (a student) after they fail an examination for a degree.
9. 9
   Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

Noun

1. 1
   An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
2. 2
   The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
3. 3
   Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
4. 4
   Cheap wine.