Meaning of PLUCK in English

Use in sentences of PLUCK

Meaning of PLUCK in English

• To pull; to draw.
• 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.
• To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
• To reject at an examination for degrees.
• 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.
• The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
• Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
• The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
• The lyrie.

Synonyms of ‘PLUCK’

Antonyms of ‘PLUCK’

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