Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
If you pluck a guitar or other musical instrument, you pull the strings with your fingers and let them go, so that they make a sound. Nell was plucking a harp
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes
If you pluck something from somewhere, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply from where it is. He plucked the cigarette from his mouth and tossed it out into the street
{i} internal organs of animals (used for food); pulling, tugging; failure; daring, spunk; courage