Definition of pluck Pluck
/plʌˈk/ - [pluk] - pluck
We found 33 definitions of pluck from 8 different sources.
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What does pluck mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: plucks |
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| pluck - the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord | ||
| pulling, pull the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" | ||
| pluck - the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury | ||
| gutsiness, pluckiness | ||
| fearlessness the trait of feeling no fear | ||
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| pluck - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" | ||
| tweak, pull off, pick off | ||
| force, pull, draw impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| tweeze pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair" | ||
| pluck - pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" | ||
| plunk, pick | ||
| force, pull, draw impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him" | ||
| twang pronounce with a nasal twang | ||
| pluck - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" | ||
| pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume | ||
| strip remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" | ||
| pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" | ||
| pick, cull | ||
| pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain | ||
| cull out, winnow select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants" | ||
| receive, pick up convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals" | ||
| pick up, catch lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" | ||
| pick up lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile" | ||
| pick off, tweak, pull off, pluck shoot one by one | ||
| pick over, sieve out separate or remove; "The customer picked over the selection" | ||
| get a line, get wind, get word, find out, hear, learn, discover, pick up, see trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks" | ||
| mushroom grow and spread fast; "The problem mushroomed" | ||
| berry pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer" | ||
| pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price | ||
| overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, rob, hook | ||
| undercharge charge (someone) too little money | ||
| rip off, chisel, cheat carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" | ||
| bill, charge advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" | ||
| extort, gouge, wring, squeeze, rack get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | ||
| pluck - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity | ||
| hustle, roll | ||
| steal steal a base | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pluck (Noun)
An instance of plucking. - pluck (Noun)
The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. - pluck (Noun)
Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence. - pluck (Verb)
To pull something sharply; to pull something out. - pluck (Verb)
To gently play a single string, e. g. on a guitar, violin etc. - pluck (Verb)
To remove feathers from a bird. - pluck (Verb)
To rob, fleece, steal forcibly. - pluck (Verb)
To play a string instrument pizzicato. - pluck (Verb)
To pull or twitch sharply.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pluck (v. t.)
To pull; to draw. - pluck (v. t.)
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. - pluck (v. t.)
To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl. - pluck (v. t.)
To reject at an examination for degrees. - pluck (v. i.)
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown. - pluck (n.)
The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. - pluck (n.)
The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. - pluck (n.)
Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude. - pluck (n.)
The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4. - pluck (v. t.)
The lyrie.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pluck
To look for and gather.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pluck
pluk, v.t. to pull off or away: to snatch: to strip, as a fowl of its feathers: (slang) to reject an examinee as inefficient.—n. a single act of plucking.—n. Pluck′er.—Pluck off (Shak.), to abate from the rank; Pluck up, to pull out by the roots: to summon up, as courage. [A.S. pluccian; akin to Dut. plukken, Ger. pflücken.] -
pluck
pluk, n. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal—hence heart, courage, spirit.—adjs. Plucked, Pluck′y, having pluck or spirit.—adv. Pluck′ily.—n. Pluck′iness
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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pluck
Spirit; perseverance under opposition or discouragement; indomitableness; courage.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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pluck
Courage. He wants pluck: he is a coward. Against the pluck; against the inclination. Pluck the Ribbon; ring the bell. To pluck a crow with one; to settle a dispute, to reprove one for some past transgression. To pluck a rose; an expression said to be used by women for going to the necessary house, which in the country usually stands in the garden. To pluck also signifies to deny a degree to a candidate at one of the universities, on account of insufficiency. The three first books of Euclid, and as far as Quadratic Equations in Algebra, will save a man from being plucked. These unfortunate fellows are designated by many opprobrious appellations, such as the twelve apostles, the legion of honor, wise men of the East, &c.
