Defenition of the word pluck

• Defenition of the word pluck

  • To look for and gather.
  • the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
  • sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and esp. underhanded activity
  • rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  • look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
  • the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
  • pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion, as of guitar strings; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
  • strip of feathers; as of chickens
  • pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
  • strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
  • pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
  • sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
  • look for and gather
  • strip of feathers
  • pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
  • pull or pull out sharply

Synonyms for the word pluck

• • backbone
  • bravery
  • collect
  • courage
  • cull
  • deplumate
  • deplume
  • displume
  • fleece
  • fortitude
  • gather
  • gazump
  • grasp
  • guts
  • gutsiness
  • harvest
  • hook
  • hustle
  • nerve
  • overcharge
  • pick
  • pick at
  • pick off
  • play
  • pluckiness
  • plume
  • plunk
  • pull
  • pull off
  • pull out
  • remove
  • resolve
  • rob
  • roll
  • soak
  • strum
  • surcharge
  • tear
  • tug
  • twang
  • tweak
  • yank

Similar words in the pluck

• • catch
  • cull out
  • discover
  • find out
  • get a line
  • get wind
  • get word
  • hear
  • learn
  • pick off
  • pick over
  • pick up
  • pluck
  • plucked
  • pluckier
  • pluckiest
  • pluckiness
  • pluckiness's
  • plucking
  • plucks
  • plucky
  • pull off
  • receive
  • see
  • sieve out
  • tweak

Hyponyms for the word pluck

• • berry
  • extort
  • gouge
  • mushroom
  • rack
  • squeeze
  • twang
  • tweeze
  • wring

Hypernyms for the word pluck

• • beat
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • collect
  • draw
  • fearlessness
  • force
  • garner
  • gather
  • pull
  • pull together
  • pulling
  • rip off
  • sell short
  • steal
  • strip

Antonyms for the word pluck

• • gutlessness
  • undercharge

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