funk vs pluck

funk

noun
  • One who fears or panics; a coward. 

  • A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation. 

  • Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor. 

  • A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly. 

  • Mental depression. 

verb
  • To frighten; to cause to flinch. 

  • To shrink from, or avoid something because of fear. 

  • To emit an offensive smell; to stink. 

  • To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke. 

pluck

noun
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. 

  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. 

  • An instance of plucking or pulling sharply. 

  • Cheap wine. 

verb
  • To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation. 

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

  • To remove feathers from a bird. 

  • To play a string instrument pizzicato. 

  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. 

  • Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing. 

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