pluck vs spatula

pluck

verb
  • To pull or twitch sharply. 

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

  • To pull something sharply; to pull something out 

  • 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. 

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. 

spatula

verb
  • To lift with or as if with a spatula. 

  • To strike with a spatula. 

noun
  • A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food. 

  • A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino. 

  • A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc. 

  • A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. 

  • A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges. 

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