Pluck

Word PLUCK
Character 5
Hyphenation pluck
Pronunciations /plʌk/

Definitions and meanings of "Pluck"

What do we mean by pluck?

To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick. intransitive verb

To pull out the hair or feathers of. intransitive verb

To remove abruptly or forcibly. intransitive verb

To give an abrupt pull to; tug at. intransitive verb

To sound (the strings of an instrument) by pulling and releasing them with the fingers or a plectrum. intransitive verb

To give an abrupt pull; tug. intransitive verb

The act or an instance of plucking. noun

Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit. noun

The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal. noun

In geology, to pry off or tear away, as blocks of rock from the lee side of cliffs or projections, or more moderate slopes: said of the action of moving ice, as in glaciers. See plucking.

To pull sharply, as if at the folds of a skirt: used with at.

In geology, to break off easily in large pieces, as granite. See plucking.

A pull; a tug; a twitch; a snatch: as, he gave the sword a pluck. noun

A blow; a stroke. noun

A bout; around. noun

The heart, liver, and lungs or lights of a sheep, ox, or other animal used as butchers' meat: also used figuratively or humorously of the like parts of a human being. noun

Hence Heart; courage; spirit; determined energy; resolution in the face of difficulties. noun

The pogge, Agonus cataphractus. noun

To pull off, as feathers from a fowl, or fruit or flowers from a plant; pick off; gather; pick or cull, as berries or flowers.

To pull; draw; drag: used either literally or figuratively.

An instance of plucking.

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

Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.

Cheap wine.

Courage Urban Dictionary

The trait of showing courage or determination in the face of injury or potential loss. Urban Dictionary

Pluck. The pluck is a form of walking. Very common in pigeons and chickens. Sounds like cluck. Some stupid poeple who want to look stupid may pluck (including me). Pluck can also be used as a substitute for any other doing word. Urban Dictionary

A dancer and bard skill in the MMORPG, Ragnarok Online. When accidently not used in WoE to protect ones' guild castle, it makes people say "fuck" a lot and swear at their own guild members while creating hemorrhoids for themselves from taking the game too seriously. Urban Dictionary

1:to pick stuff off something 2:punch someone Urban Dictionary

(1) v.t. - To remove the feathers from a bird, living or dead. (2) v.t. - To self-stimulate. Urban Dictionary

A slang word for money. Usually used in a drug exchange Urban Dictionary

The word pluck is a non-vulgar method of saying fuck. It originated from the game Mario, in which the power flower gives Mario the power to send "plucks" from the palm of his hand with a "pluck" noise. Urban Dictionary

1) The worst type of weed smoker. They constantly buy dimes of loud, sometimes on multiple occasions in the same day and have the audacity to say the really smoke. They also expect miracles out of .5 and are sometimes bold enough to call their dealer to say they were skimped because their blunt or j ain't fat enough. 2) Somebody that will do anything to smoke for free or at discounted expense. Urban Dictionary

One that you are able to obtain money or possessions from with out providing anything in return. Usually a male. Differs from a sugar daddy because age is not a factor. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pluck

The word "pluck" in example sentences

His words set me thinking, and I had to recognise, rather bitterly, that what I call pluck did not form a great part of my birthright. ❋ Stephen Sydney Reynolds (1900)

But of march he knows which there is no heal to "pluck from a mental stop a rooted sorrow." ❋ Admin (2009)

September 18, 2007 southern style big boys~ pluck from the vine, slice thinly sprinkle with sugar and salt ❋ Unknown (2007)

And indeed, much pluck is roused in a dauntless fashion in space. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Jennifer, you know as well as I that hardy pluck is not what San Miguel Gringos are made of. ❋ Unknown (2005)

These I would pluck from the plants, pinching them off with my thumb nail. ❋ Unknown (1917)

We fatuously hoped that we might pluck from the human tragedy itself a consciousness of a common destiny which should bring its own healing, that we might extract from life's very misfortunes a power of coöperation which should be effective against them. ❋ Unknown (1910)

A pig's "pluck" -- _i. e._, the "lights," or lungs, with the windpipe attached. ❋ Wesley Mills (1881)

After the struggle at the end of the centre, when I had to knit hundreds of stitches (literally) for every one I was allowed to pluck from the border, it’s a great pleasure to be steaming along so comparatively fast. ❋ Jean (2009)

I was actually touched at certain moments — mainly because of Ewan MacGregor’s superb acting (his swashbuckler twinkle-eyed pluck is fun as hell, and such a lovely throwback to Errol Flynn and the like, and his reaction to Anakin’s deceit and defeat sort of jut out of the movie to say “look this is what acting looks like”). ❋ Unknown (2005)

Kate’s pluck is almost perfectly summed up in this early exchange. ❋ Unknown (2001)

He waved his fingers as if looking for a word to pluck out of the air; he settled on, “new vogue.” ❋ BILL FLANAGAN (2010)

After the 7/7 attack on the London Underground, which killed 52 people, Londoners, recalling their pluck during the Blitz, gamely showed up en masse the next morning for their daily commute. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the end I'm going to have to say that just because a book is written with depth, intelligence, and pluck, that is no reason to punish it. ❋ Fusenumber8 (2006)

Page 179 amount of what is vulgarly termed pluck, and perhaps courage. ❋ Unknown (1878)

There may be in it a certain amount of what is vulgarly termed pluck, and perhaps courage. ❋ Flipper, Henry O (1878)

[Tyson] was short in [stature], but more than made up for it with pluck, and a brutal [left hook]! ❋ Talk2me-JCH2 (2022)

[I can't] find [enough] pluck to go and [speak to] her. ❋ Joe216 (2005)

-------------------------- -------------------------- Person1: Hey check out that pigeon! Person2: Yeah, man he's doing the pluck! ------------------- ------------------- Boy1: Wow, she's fit. Boy2: yeah, but you should see her walk, she [plucks] like a pigeon. ------------------- ------------------- Husband: Bye, sweetheart, I'm goin to the store! Wife: Okay, but pluck me some bread and extra absorbent tampons! ------------------- ------------------- Hot Guy: So you wanna go out with me? Hot Girl: Sure! Hot guy: I'll [pluck you] at around seven. Hot girl: sounds good, see ya. -------------------- -------------------- Girl: I really need to pluck a [boyfreind]. Girl2: Yeah. [Whn] i was with my ex al he said was hey you wanna pluck tonight? I was like NO WAY. I'm done [plucking] with you. Just pluck [off yeah]. Girl1: You go girl. Girl2: yeah i [plucked] this new boyfreind we drove in his pluck and when we arrived at his house we plucked out of the car and plucked to his house and that's where we plucked for the first time. Girl1: *sniffles* that sounds so plucking romantic right there. ❋ The Olya (2007)

"I am so disappointed in everyone. WHERE was the pluck?!" "Goddamnit! You [fucking people]! You don't understand how [fucking pissed off] this fucking makes me. This is the most incompetent bullshit I've ever fucking seen. I [fucking leave] to pick someone up and you can't fucking pluck when I've been telling you for ten motherfucking minutes?!" ❋ Pirate King (2005)

1:[Pluck] the feathers off that duck. 2:He was talkin shit bout me so i just [plucked] his [bitch-ass]. ❋ HookdOnEbonikz (2003)

That [Henry] can [go] pluck himself. ❋ Ippittybippitty (2003)

Yo i'm [bout] [go] make a pluck [right quick]. ❋ Te-te (2007)

1: "[Pluck] [pluck]" - Mario 2: Steve: "[Plucking] hell!" Matt: "Whats wrong?" Steve: "My hamster just ate my dog!" Matt: "That shits [plucked] up!" ❋ OhTheDamageIsDone (2006)

1) Man everybody put 2 [gs] into the session and you only put in a blunt and expect to smoke? [Fuck outta here] pluck2) Yo this bitch just told me that she'll [suck my dick] and clean my room if I smoke her out. Shawty is a straight pluck ❋ Hiiiguy420 (2012)

He isn't [my man], but he's [just] a pluck. ❋ IamThatBitch101 (2017)

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