pluck

B2
Pronunciation
/plÊŒk/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

An instance of plucking.

Example Sentences
  • Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
2 Definition

The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.

3 Definition

Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.

Example Sentences
  • He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
4 Definition

Cheap wine.

Synonyms
plonk
Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Example Sentences
  • She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
2 Definition

To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

3 Definition

To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

Example Sentences
  • Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
4 Definition

To remove feathers from a bird.

5 Definition

To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

Example Sentences
  • The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.
6 Definition

To play a string instrument pizzicato.

Example Sentences
  • Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.
7 Definition

To pull or twitch sharply.

Example Sentences
  • to pluck at somebody's sleeve
8 Definition

(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.

9 Definition

Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.