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- Dictionarypluck/plʌk/
verb
- 1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place: "she plucked a blade of grass" Similar
- 2. quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: "the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"
noun
- 1. spirited and determined courage: "it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’"
- 2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.
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PLUCK definition: 1. to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it: 2. to remove the…. Learn more.
1. : to pull or pick off or out. 2. a. : to remove something (such as hairs) from by or as if by plucking. pluck one's eyebrows. b. : rob, fleece. 3. : to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly. plucked the child from the middle of the street. 4. a. : to pick, pull, or grasp at. b.
9 meanings: 1. to pull off (feathers, fruit, etc) from (a fowl, tree, etc) 2. to pull or tug 3. archaic to pull (something).... Click for more definitions.
Pluck definition: to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.. See examples of PLUCK used in a sentence.
To pluck is to pick or pull a single item out of many, like a flower or a hair. As a noun, pluck is energy or enthusiasm, even when things are looking grim. Don't pluck only the best cherries off the tree: that's cherry-picking!
n. 1. The act or an instance of plucking. 2. Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit. 3. The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal. [Middle English plukken, from Old English pluccian, probably from Vulgar Latin *piluccāre, ultimately from Latin pilāre, from pilus, hair .] pluck′er n.
Definition of pluck verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to quickly pull something or someone from the place where they are: He plucked a £50 note out of his wallet. A helicopter plucked him from the sea. pluck verb (BIRD) to pull all the feathers out of a bird before cooking it. pluck verb (MUSIC) If you pluck the strings of a musical instrument, you pull them with your fingers to make a sound.
Jun 12, 2024 · ( transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation . ( transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar . Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
pluck meaning, definition, what is pluck: to pull something quickly in order to re...: Learn more.
