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/ plʌk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
to give a pull at; grasp: to pluck someone's sleeve.
to pull with sudden force or with a jerk.
to pull or move by force (often followed by away, off, or out ).
to remove the feathers, hair, etc., from by pulling: to pluck a chicken.
Slang . to rob, plunder, or fleece.
to sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to pull or tug sharply (often followed by at ).
to snatch (often followed by at ).
noun act of plucking; a tug.
the heart, liver, and lungs, especially of an animal used for food.
courage or resolution in the face of difficulties.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Verb Phrases pluck up, to eradicate; uproot. to summon up one's courage; rouse one's spirits: He always plucked up at the approach of danger. She was a stranger in the town, but, plucking up her courage, she soon made friends. SEE MORE DEFINITIONS SEE FEWER DEFINITIONS
Origin of pluck before 1000; Middle English plukken (v.), Old English pluccian, cognate with Middle Low German plucken; akin to Dutch plukken, German pflücken
SYNONYMS FOR pluck 2 tug.
3 yank, tear, rip.
12 bravery, boldness, determination, mettle, nerve.
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OTHER WORDS FROM pluck plucker, noun half-plucked, adjective un·plucked, adjective well-plucked, adjective Words nearby pluck ploy, PLP, PLR, PLSS, plu., pluck , pluck up, pluck up one's courage, plucky, plug, plug and feathers
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Example sentences from the Web for pluck Pluck a pebble from a mountain and pretend the mountain is gone.
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The human urge to pluck a string and make music goes back many millennia.
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The easiest thing would be to pluck another exiled oligarch out of the sin bin.
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I pluck the daisies as they grow, and take them home,' said the old woman after a short silence. '
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So obviously the Obama campaign will be able to pluck many counter-examples from its file and probably fight this one to a draw.
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He was down before it, and ready, with his savage little hand, to pluck the burning coals out.
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain | Charles Dickens
To pluck a weed from the roadside and present it to one's sovereign would be no better than an insult.
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Think you that I cannot pluck yon chough without being pinched?
The Yeoman Adventurer | George W. Gough
“All but putting a bronze tablet in the gym, to commemorate the pluck you showed,” added Tom.
A Quarter-Back's Pluck | Lester Chadwick
I am not surprised at Gough liking him; he has a rare gift of brains as well as of pluck !
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British Dictionary definitions for pluck verb (tr) to pull off (feathers, fruit, etc) from (a fowl, tree, etc)
(when intr, foll by at ) to pull or tug
(tr; foll by off, away, etc ) archaic to pull (something) forcibly or violently (from something or someone)
(tr) to sound (the strings) of (a musical instrument) with the fingers, a plectrum, etc
(tr) another word for strip 1 (def. 7)
(tr) slang to fleece or swindle
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun courage, usually in the face of difficulties or hardship
a sudden pull or tug
the heart, liver, and lungs, esp of an animal used for food
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Derived forms of pluck plucker , noun Word Origin for pluck Old English pluccian, plyccan; related to German pflücken
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