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Definition of pluck

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Pluck (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..

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Pluckiness :: Pluckiness (n.) The quality or state of being plucky.

Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.

Game :: Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky..

Nerve :: Nerve (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution..

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Pulled :: Pulled (a.) Plucked; pilled; moulting.

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To pick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect, as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; to pick off; to pluck..

Vellicative :: Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication..

Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.

Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.

Plucker :: Plucker (n.) A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

Extirpate :: Extirpate (v. t.) To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy..

Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..

Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt..

Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..

Avulse :: Avulse (v. t.) To pluck or pull off.

Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..

Decerpt :: Decerpt (a.) Plucked off or away.

Crop :: Crop (v. t.) To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.