Definitions for pluck
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gutsiness, pluck, pluckinessnoun

   the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

2. pluckverb

   the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

3. pluck, tweak, pull off, pick offverb

   pull or pull out sharply

   "pluck the flowers off the bush"

4. hustle, pluck, rollverb

   sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

5. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

6. pluck, plunk, pickverb

   pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

   "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

7. pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displumeverb

   strip of feathers

   "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

8. pick, pluck, cullverb

   look for and gather

   "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plucknoun

   An instance of plucking

   Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck

2. plucknoun

   The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.

3. plucknoun

   Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.

   He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.

4. pluckverb

   To pull something sharply; to pull something out

   She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.

5. pluckverb

   To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

   Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.

6. pluckverb

   To remove feathers from a bird.

7. pluckverb

   To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

   The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way

8. pluckverb

   To play a string instrument pizzicato

   Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break

9. pluckverb

   To pull or twitch sharply

10. Etymology: From plucken, plukken, plockien, from pluccian, ploccian, also Old English plyccan, from plukkōnan, of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps related to pullian. Cognate with Dutch plukken, plokken, plukken, German pflücken, Danish plukke, Swedish plocka, Icelandish plokka, plukka. More at pull.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plucknoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A pull; a draw; a single act of plucking.

   Birds kept coming and going all the day long; but so few at a time, that the man did not think them worth a pluck. Roger L'Estrange.

   Were the ends of the bones dry, they could not, without great difficulty, obey the plucks and attractions of the motory muscles. John Ray, on the Creation.

   2. [ Plughk, Erse. I know not whether derived from the English, rather than the English from the Erse.]The heart, liver and lights of an animal.

2. To PLUCKverb

   Etymology: ploccian , Sax. plocken, Dutch.

   1. To pull with nimbleness or force; to snatch; to pull; to draw; to force on or off; to force up or down; to act upon with violence. It is very generally and licentiously used, particularly by William Shakespeare.

   It seemed better unto that noble king to plant a peaceable government among them, than by violent means to pluck them under. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   You were crown’d before,
   And that high royalty was ne’er pluck’d off. William Shakespeare.

   Pluck down my officers, break my decrees,
   For now a time is come to mock at form. William Shakespeare.

   Can’st thou not
   Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
   And with some sweet oblivious antidote
   Cleanse the stuff’d bosom. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   When yet he was but tender bodied, when youth with comeliness plucked all gaze his way. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   I gave my love a ring;
   He would not pluck it from his finger, for the wealth
   That the world masters. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

   If you do wrongfully seize Hereford’s right,
   You pluck a thousand dangers on your head. William Shakespeare.

   Dive into the bottom of the deep,
   Where fathom line could never touch the ground,
   And pluck up drowned honour by the locks. William Shakespeare.

   I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land. 2 Chron.

   Pluck away his crop with his feathers. Lev. i. 16.

   A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. Ecclus. iii. 2.

   They pluck off their skin from off them. Mic. iii. 2.

   Dispatch ’em quick, but first pluck out their tongues,
   Lest with their dying breath they sow sedition. Addison.

   Beneath this shade the weary peasant lies,
   Plucks the broad leaf, and bids the breezes rise. John Gay.

   From the back
   Of herds and flocks, a thousand tugging bills
   Pluck hair and wool. James Thomson, Spring.

   2. To strip of feathers.

   Since I pluckt geese, I knew not what it was to be beaten. William Shakespeare.

   I come to thee from plume pluck’d Richard. William Shakespeare.

   3. To pluck up a heart or spirit. A proverbial expression for taking up or resuming of courage.

   He willed them to pluck up their hearts, and make all things ready for a new assault, wherein he expected they should with couragious resolution recompense their late cowardice. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

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1. pluck

   System of a Down is the debut studio album by Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. It is ironically the only System of a Down album to not say System of a Down on the album cover. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2000. After the success of the band's following album, Toxicity (2001), System of a Down was certified platinum.

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1. pluck

   Pluck is a term often used to refer to the act of quickly removing or pulling out something, especially with one's fingers, like plucking a fruit from a tree or plucking a hair. It is also used to refer to how the strings of a musical instrument are struck or played. Additionally, pluck can indicate spirited and determined courage.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pluckverb

   to pull; to draw

2. Pluckverb

   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

3. Pluckverb

   to strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl

4. Pluckverb

   to reject at an examination for degrees

5. Pluckverb

   to make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown

6. Plucknoun

   the act of plucking; a pull; a twitch

7. Plucknoun

   the heart, liver, and lights of an animal

8. Plucknoun

   spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude

9. Plucknoun

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

10. Pluckverb

    the lyrie

11. Etymology: [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.]

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1. Pluck

   A leader in social media software solutions , Pluck helps transform how publishers, retailers and major brands engage their audiences and customers to discover, create and distribute information online. Providing the technologies for content generation, syndication, social networking and news personalization, Pluck helps its customers more easily consume and leverage the new open content model that has emerged as the cornerstone of Web 2.0.

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1. 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.]

2. 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.

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1. Pluck

   Pluck provides social media software for companies that want to create communities around their existing web properties. Its two main products are SiteLife, a white-label social networking service, and BlogBurst, which brings blog content to media sites.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pluck

   Spirit; perseverance under opposition or discouragement; indomitableness; courage.

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1. PLUCK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pluck is ranked #72771 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pluck surname appeared 267 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pluck.
   
   89.1% or 238 total occurrences were White.
   7.8% or 21 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Fearlessness
   • Gather
   • Pull
   • Steal
   • Strip

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1. UK plc

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pluck in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pluck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of pluck in a Sentence

1. Vivian Diller:

   If we know that it is in your genes you will get gray hair at a certain age, no matter what you do, you will say, 'OK, I'll just color it. I'm not going to pluck them out, and I know it doesn't mean I'm old and dying,'.

2. Peggy Noonan:

   I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.

3. New York:

   Their bright, resonant sopranos blend impeccably; Davie's Violet tackles the top notes with a delicacy and ardor that emphasize fragility and fear, while Padgett gives Daisy pluck and wit.

4. German proverb:

   Old birds are hard to pluck.

5. Vivian Diller:

   I think (people) will feel less like they are out of control, if we know that it is in your genes you will get gray hair at a certain age, no matter what you do, you will say, 'OK, I'll just color it. I'm not going to pluck them out, and I know it doesn't mean I'm old and dying,'.

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