Plucking
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Pluck or plucking may refer to:
- Plucking (hair removal)Plucking (hair removal)Plucking or tweezing can mean the process of removing human hair, animal hair or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's body.In humans, this is done for personal grooming purposes, usually with tweezers...
, the removal of hair, fur, or feathers - Feather-pluckingFeather-pluckingFeather-plucking, sometimes termed feather-picking, feather damaging behaviour or pterotillomania, is a maladaptive, behavioural disorder commonly seen in captive birds which chew, bite or pluck their own feathers with their beak, resulting in damage to the feathers and occasionally the skin...
, a behavior in birds - Plucking postPlucking postA plucking post is a raised structure such as a tree stump which is used regularly by a bird of prey to dismember its prey, removing feathers and various other inedible parts before eating it.- Purpose :...
as used by birds of prey to dismember their prey - Plucking (glaciation)Plucking (glaciation)Glacial plucking exploits pre-existing fractures in the bedrock. This plays a key role in opening and creating new fractures but has only provided small segments of loose material. This is then followed by the entrainment of the loosened rock by the ice. During the process of entrainment, loose...
, a process related to glaciers - Pluck (card game)Pluck (card game)Pluck is a trick-taking playing card game for four players . The game is played similar to Spades and Hearts. A standard deck of playing cards is dealt out evenly among the players...
, a card game - Pluck (offal), from the thoracic cavity of livestock
- One of two U.S. Navy ships named USS PluckUSS PluckUSS Pluck is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:* USS Pluck , a coastal minesweeper placed in service 6 October 1942.* USS Pluck , a fleet minesweeper commissioned 11 August 1954....
- PizzicatoPizzicatoPizzicato is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument. The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type of stringed instrument....
, a method of playing string instruments - Pluck (software)Pluck (software)Pluck, also known as pluck-cms, is an open source content management system, written in the PHP scripting language. It allows for webpage creation for users with little or no programming experience, and, unlike most content management systems, does not use a database to store its data...
- cms written in PHP - P.L.U.C.K.P.L.U.C.K."P.L.U.C.K." is the 13th song in the 1998 eponymous first album by the heavy metal band System of a Down. The music was composed by guitarist Daron Malakian and the lyrics were written by singer Serj Tankian...
, a song by System of a Down - Pluck (company)Pluck (company)Pluck was an American Internet company based in Austin, Texas, that ran a website since 2005 that offered an RSS reader. The company was acquired by Demand Media on March 3, 2008 for US$75 million in cash....
, an Internet company acquired by Demand MediaDemand MediaDemand Media, Inc. is an online media company and content farm that operates online brands such as eHow, and Cracked, and is known for creating online content through its Demand Media Studios division based on a combination of measured consumer demand and predicted ROI...