Definition of pluck

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Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.

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Gamy :: Gamy (a.) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout..
Haggis :: Haggis (n.) A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck..
Evulsion :: Evulsion (n.) The act of plucking out; a rooting out.
Pluckless :: Pluckless (a.) Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
Gameness :: Gameness (n.) Endurance; pluck.
Upplight :: Upplight () imp. & p. p. of Uppluck.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc..
Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..
Pluck :: Pluck (n.) The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
Plume :: Plume (v. t.) To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel..
Deracinate :: Deracinate (v. t.) To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Vellicative :: Vellicative (a.) Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication..
Twitch :: Twitch (v. t.) To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes..
Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.
Pluck :: Pluck (v. i.) To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown..
Rash :: Rash (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently.
Plucking :: Plucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pluc.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
Plucky :: Plucky (superl.) Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race..
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