Word Meaning

pluck definition and meaning

v. t. To pull; to draw.
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.
v. t. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
v. t. To reject at an examination for degrees.
v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
n. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
n. The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
n. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
n. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
v. t. The lyrie.

Crossword clues for pluck

- Courage; spirit
- Gather courage
- Pull out (hair)
- Pull out feathers
- Pull out hair
- tweak