pluck vs wrench

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. 

wrench

verb
  • 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. 

noun
  • 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. 

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