Plucking describes the process of removing human hair, animal hair or a birds feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's body.

In humans this is done for personal grooming purposes, usually with tweezers. An epilator is a motorised hair plucker.

In birds and animals plucking is usually done by humans to the carcus of the subject as part of food preparation.

Roman baths employed individuals solely to pluck hair from their clients bodies.

See also Plucking (glaciation)

Depilation