NOUN
  • Definition - An instance of plucking.
  • Example - Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
  • Definition - The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
  • Example - Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
  • Definition - Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
  • Example - He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
  • Definition - Cheap wine.
  • Example - He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
  • Synonyms - plonk
VERB
  • Definition - To pull something sharply; to pull something out
  • Example - She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
  • Definition - To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
  • Example - She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
  • Definition - To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
  • Example - Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
  • Definition - To remove feathers from a bird.
  • Example - Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
  • Definition - To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
  • Example - The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.
  • Definition - To play a string instrument pizzicato.
  • Example - Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break.
  • Definition - To pull or twitch sharply.
  • Example - to pluck at somebody's sleeve
  • Definition - (university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.
  • Example - to pluck at somebody's sleeve
  • Definition - Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
  • Example - to pluck at somebody's sleeve
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
pluck 13
4 Letter Words
puck 12 luck 10 pulk 10
3 Letter Words
cup 7 pul 5
2 Letter Words
up 4
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