pluck
Definitions
Noun
- The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
- The act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
Verb
- Pull or pull out sharply
- Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- Strip of feathers
- Look for and gather
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Definitions: 8
Fragments: 7
Sound Alikes: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
We Pluck this Flower Safely: James Baldwin and the Present, Nettle Danger
May 7, 2025 The Brooklyn Rail
May 7, 2025 The Brooklyn Rail
It's mostly luck, not pluck, that determines lifetime reproductive success
Mar 1, 2018 Cornell Chronicle
Mar 1, 2018 Cornell Chronicle
Blue Sambas and a whole lot of pluck; a writer's quest to conquer the 40-yard dash
Mar 12, 2018 The New York Times
Mar 12, 2018 The New York Times