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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pluck /plʌk/USA pronunciation v. - to pull off from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, or feathers:[~ + object]She plucked the feathers from the chicken.
- to remove feathers or hair from by pulling:[~ + object]to pluck a chicken.
- to grasp or grab: [~ + object]He plucked her sleeve until she answered him.[~ + at + object]He kept plucking at her sleeve.
- to pull out or remove with sudden force:[~ + object]plucking her eyebrows.
- Music and Dance to sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum:[~ + object]sat there plucking his harp.
n. - [countable] the act of plucking;
a tug. - courage;
a desire not to give up or surrender:[uncountable]showed a lot of pluck by staying in the game.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pluck (pluk),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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 fol. by away, off, or out).
- to remove the feathers, hair, etc., from by pulling:to pluck a chicken.
- Slang Termsto rob, plunder, or fleece.
- Music and Danceto sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum.
v.i. - to pull or tug sharply (often fol. by at).
- to snatch (often fol. by at).
- 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.
n. - act of plucking;
a tug. - Foodthe heart, liver, and lungs, esp. of an animal used for food.
- courage or resolution in the face of difficulties.
- bef. 1000; Middle English plukken (verb, verbal), Old English pluccian, cognate with Middle Low German plucken; akin to Dutch plukken, German pflücken
pluck′er, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tug.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged yank, tear, rip.
- 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bravery, boldness, determination, mettle, nerve.
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