Pluck or plucking may refer to:
Removal
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Plucking (hair removal)
Plucking or tweezing can mean the process of human hair removal, removing animal hair or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's human body, body.
In humans, hair removal is done for personal grooming purposes, usually ...
, the removal of hair, fur, or feathers
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Feather-plucking, a behavior in birds
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Plucking post, as used by birds of prey to dismember their prey
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Plucking (glaciation), a process related to glaciers
Music
* Plucking, the action of playing a
plucked string instrument
Plucked string instruments are a subcategory of string instruments that are played by plucking the strings. Plucking is a way of pulling and releasing the string in such a way as to give it an impulse that causes the string to vibrate. Plucki ...
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Pizzicato'', a method of playing string instruments
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"P.L.U.C.K." (song), by System of a Down
Places
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Pluck, Texas
Pluck is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Texas, United States.
History
A variant name was "Stryker." A post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and par ...
, a community in the United States
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Pluck, County Donegal, community served by
Pluck railway station
Pluck railway station served Pluck in County Donegal, Ireland.
The station opened on 1 December 1883 when the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish publi ...
Other uses
* Pluck or
offal, the internal organs of livestock
* One of two U.S. Navy ships named
USS ''Pluck''
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Pluck (company)
Pluck was an American Internet company based in Austin, Texas, that ran a website since 2005 that offered an RSS reader. The company was acquired by Demand Media
Leaf Group, formerly Demand Media Inc, is an American content company that oper ...
, an Internet company acquired by Demand Media
* PLUCK, an
RMITV
RMITV is a not-for-profit, community access television production facility based at RMIT University City Campus in Melbourne, Australia. It is a full member of the Melbourne Community Television Consortium, a not-for-profit consortium that ...
television series
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Pluck (magazine)
Pluck or plucking may refer to:
Removal
* Plucking (hair removal), the removal of hair, fur, or feathers
* Feather-plucking, a behavior in birds
* Plucking post, as used by birds of prey to dismember their prey
* Plucking (glaciation), a process ...
, British story paper running from 1894 to 1916 under
Amalgamated Press
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Lee Pluck
Lee Pluck (born 25 March 1982) in Enfield, London, is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender for Barnet in the Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from ...
(born 1982), footballer
See also
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Plucky (disambiguation)
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