PLUCK
\plˈʌk], \plˈʌk], \p_l_ˈʌ_k]\
Definitions of PLUCK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
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rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
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pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
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pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
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sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
By Princeton University
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look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
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rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
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pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
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pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To pull; to draw.
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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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To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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To reject at an examination for degrees.
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The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
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The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
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To make a motion of pulling or twitching; - usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
By Oddity Software
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To pull; to draw.
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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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To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
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To reject at an examination for degrees.
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The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
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The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
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Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
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The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
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To make a motion of pulling or twitching; - usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
By Noah Webster.
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To pull off, out, or up; as, to pluck weeds; pick or gather, as to pluck grapes; to pull or twitch; as, to pluck the strings of a banjo; to strip completely, as of feathers.
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To give a sudden pull; to tug.
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A pull; a snatch; a tug; the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal; colloquially, spirit or courage; as, a man of pluck.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To pull away: to snatch: to strip.
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A single act of plucking.
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The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal, perh. so called because plucked out after it is killed: hence heart, courage, spirit.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
