pluck

[pluck]

To pluck is to pick or pull a single item out of many, like a flower or a hair. As a noun, pluck is energy or enthusiasm, even when things are looking grim.

...

To pull; to draw.

Noun
the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

Noun
the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

Verb
look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

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"

Verb
rip off; ask an unreasonable price

Verb
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

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.

Pluck

Pluck , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plucked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl'81cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. 27.] 1. To pull; to draw.

Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.

2. 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.

I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.

E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.

3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.

They which pass by the way do pluck her.

4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for degrees. C. Bront'82. To pluck away, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away. -- To pluck down, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state. -- to pluck off, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the skin. -- to pluck up. (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up a plant; to pluk up a nation. Jer. xii. 17. (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.

Pluck

Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.

Pluck

Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch. 2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The heart, liver, and lights of an animal. 3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.

Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.

4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4. 5. (Zo'94l.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]

To pull; to draw.

To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.

The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.

...

Usage Examples

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Misspelled Form

pluck, opluck, 0pluck, lpluck, oluck, 0luck, lluck, poluck, p0luck, plluck, pkluck, poluck, ppluck, p:luck, pkuck, pouck, ppuck, p:uck, plkuck, plouck, plpuck, pl:uck, plyuck, pl7uck, pl8uck, pliuck, pljuck, plyck, pl7ck, pl8ck, plick, pljck, pluyck, plu7ck, plu8ck, pluick, plujck, pluxck, pludck, plufck, pluvck, plu ck, pluxk, pludk, plufk, pluvk, plu k, plucxk, plucdk, plucfk, plucvk, pluc k, plucjk, plucik, plucok, pluclk, plucmk, plucj, pluci, pluco, plucl, plucm, pluckj, plucki, plucko, pluckl, pluckm.

Other Usage Examples

I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned.

I don't have to do a lot to my eyebrows. My mom always told me not to pluck them, which is great advice.