Definition:
- (v. t.) To pull; to draw.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
- (v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.
- (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
- (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
- (n.) The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
- (n.) Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
- (n.) The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
- (v. t.) The lyrie.
Compare pluck with other words:
pluck vs. puck
pluck vs. rip
cluck vs. pluck
plack vs. pluck
pluck vs. plunk
flick vs. pluck
luck vs. pluck
pluck vs. valour
extirpate vs. pluck
dig vs. pluck
pluck vs. prune
pluck vs. take
break vs. pluck
pluck vs. pluckless
gittern vs. pluck
orpharion vs. pluck
mettle vs. pluck
grit vs. pluck
gut vs. pluck
courage vs. pluck
pluck vs. twang
gameness vs. pluck
pluck vs. threading
plectrum vs. pluck
pluck vs. plucky
fortitude vs. pluck
persistence vs. pluck
nerve vs. pluck
pluck vs. slaughtered
oesophagus vs. pluck
pluck vs. trachea
heart vs. pluck
pluck vs. plucking
pluck vs. plucker
pluck vs. twitch
play vs. pluck
pluck vs. rob
bird vs. pluck
feather vs. pluck
pluck vs. remove
pluck vs. violin
guitar vs. pluck
pluck vs. string
pluck vs. sharp
pluck vs. pull
pluck vs. thrum
pick vs. pluck
bravery vs. pluck
dulcimer vs. pluck
pizzicato vs. pluck
guts vs. pluck
bottle vs. pluck