Pluck

[plʌk]

Definition

(noun.) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord.

(verb.) strip of feathers; 'pull a chicken'; 'pluck the capon'.

(verb.) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; 'he plucked the strings of his mandolin'.

(verb.) pull or pull out sharply; 'pluck the flowers off the bush'.

Editor: Seth--From WordNet

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.

Typist: Loretta

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Pull (quickly), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk.

n. Spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle, nerve, hardihood, force of character, strength of will.

Checked by Calvin

Definition

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.

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.

Editor: Tamara