Pluck

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