pluck
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verb \ˈplək\Definition of PLUCK
transitive verb
1
: to pull or pick off or out
2
3
: to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly <plucked the child from the middle of the street>
4
a : to pick, pull, or grasp at b : to play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick
intransitive verb
: to make a sharp pull or twitch
— pluck·er noun
See Examples of PLUCK
- My sister plucked a white hair from my head.
- The hunter plucked the bird's feathers.
- plucking petals off a flower
- Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building.
- He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.
- a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter
- He plucked a stone out of the river.
Origin of PLUCK
Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to pluck
First Known Use: before 12th century
Related to PLUCK
- Synonyms
- beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], fleece, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
2pluck
nounDefinition of PLUCK
1
: an act or instance of plucking or pulling
2
: the heart, liver, lungs, and trachea of a slaughtered animal especially as an item of food
3
: courageous readiness to fight or continue against odds : dogged resolution
Examples of PLUCK
- It takes pluck to do what she did.
- She showed pluck in getting up on stage.
First Known Use of PLUCK
15th century
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