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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Plucked :: Plucked (imp. & p. p.) of Pluc.
Plucky :: Plucky (superl.) Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race..
Uppluck :: Uppluck (v. t.) To pull or pluck up.
Pluck :: Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown..
Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) To reject at an examination for degrees.
Eradicate :: Eradicate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated..
Singe :: Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
Game :: Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky..
Tug :: Tug (v. t.) To pull; to pluck.
Rape :: Rape (n.) Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster..
Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt..
Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.
Pulled :: Pulled (a.) Plucked; pilled; moulting.
Tweezers :: Tweezers (n. pl.) Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering..
Haggis :: Haggis (n.) A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck..
Rash :: Rash (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
Pizzicato :: Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.).
Pluckless :: Pluckless (a.) Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
Decerption :: Decerption (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.
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