pluck vs traction

pluck

noun
  • 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. 

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. 

traction

noun
  • The condition of being so pulled. 

  • The extent of adoption of a new product or service, typically measured in number of customers or level of revenue achieved. 

  • Popular support. 

  • A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb. 

  • Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives. 

  • The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power. 

  • The pulling power of an engine or animal. 

  • Grip. 

  • Scholarly interest and research. 

  • The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface. 

verb
  • To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc.). 

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