An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
Cheap wine.
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.
Shrinkage; contraction; recoil.
A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date.
To cause to become smaller.
To withdraw or retire, as from danger.
To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
To cower or flinch.
To draw back; to withdraw.
To become smaller; to contract.