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Definition of 'Pluck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) pluck
to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, or feathers.

2.  pluck
to grasp or grab:
to pluck someone's sleeve.

3.  pluck
to pull with sudden force or with a jerk.

4.  pluck
to pull or detach by force (often fol. by away, off, or out).

5.  pluck
to remove feathers or hair from by pulling:
to pluck a chicken.

6.  pluck
Slang. to rob; cheat.

7.  pluck
to sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum.

8. (v.i.) pluck
to pull or tug sharply (often fol. by at).

9.  pluck
to snatch (often fol. by at).

10. (n.) pluck
the act of plucking; a tug.

11.  pluck
courage; resolution.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME plukken (v.), OE pluccian, c. MLG plucken; akin to D plukken, G pflücken)

Definition of 'Pluck'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness
the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

2. (verb) pluck
the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

3. (verb) pluck, tweak, pull off, pick off
pull or pull out sharply
"pluck the flowers off the bush"

4. (verb) hustle, pluck, roll
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

5. (verb) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
rip off; ask an unreasonable price

6. (verb) pluck, plunk, pick
pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

7. (verb) pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
strip of feathers
"pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

8. (verb) pick, pluck, cull
look for and gather
"pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

Definition of 'Pluck'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) pluck
to quickly pull out
Two men were plucked from the roof of the burning building.

2. pluck
(of poultry) to pull all the feathers out
to pluck a chicken/duck/goose

3. pluck
to use your fingers to pull the strings of a musical instrument
to pluck a string

Definition of 'Pluck'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Pluck
the act of plucking; a pull; a twitch

2. (noun) Pluck
the heart, liver, and lights of an animal

3. (noun) Pluck
spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude

4. (noun) Pluck
the act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4

5. (verb) Pluck
to pull; to draw

6. (verb) Pluck
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

7. (verb) Pluck
to strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl

8. (verb) Pluck
to reject at an examination for degrees

9. (verb) Pluck
to make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown

10. (verb) Pluck
the lyrie

Translation of 'Pluck'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to pull She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.
Afrikaans: pluk	Arabic: يَسْحَب، يَشُد	Bulgarian: скубя
Brazilian: puxar	Czech: (vy)trhnout, (za)tahat	German: zupfen
Danish: hive	Greek: τραβώ	Spanish: arrancar
Estonian: sikutama	Farsi: کشیدن؛ کندن	Finnish: nykäistä
French: arracher	Hebrew: לִמרוֹט, לִתלוֹש	Hindi: तोड़ना
Croatian: čupanje	Hungarian: (ki)húz	Indonesian: mencabut
Icelandic: plokka; hnippa (í)	Italian: strappare	Japanese: 引っぱる
Korean: 뽑다	Lithuanian: išrauti, timptelėti	Latvian: []plūkt; []raut
Malay: mencabut	Dutch: trekken	Norwegian: plukke, nappe ut
Polish: wyrywać, szarpać	Persian: کشیدن؛ کندن	Pashto: شكول، رايستل
Portuguese: puxar	Romanian: a trage, a smulge	Russian: тянуть, дёргать
Slovak: (vy)trhnúť, (po)ťahať	Slovenian: izpuliti; povleči	Serbian: čupati
Swedish: rycka [av]	Thai: ถอน	Turkish: çekmek
Taiwanese: 拉，拔去	Ukrainian: висмикувати	Urdu: کھينچنا
Vietnamese: nhổ; giật	Chinese: 拉，拔去
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