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.
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.
To pull or twist violently.
To rack with pain; to be hurt or distressed.
To deprive by means of a violent pull or twist.
To use a wrench; to twist with a wrench.
To injure (a joint) by pulling or twisting.
To distort the original meaning of; to misrepresent.
In screw theory, a screw assembled from force and torque vectors arising from application of Newton's laws to a rigid body.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain.
A distorting change from the original meaning.
In coursing, the act of bringing the hare round at less than a right angle, worth half a point in the recognised code of points for judging.
A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes; a spanner.
An adjustable spanner used by plumbers.
A violent emotional change caused by separation.