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Meanings of pluck in English
The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury.
Synonyms
Examples for "pick"
Examples for "pick"
1
Preval said he would ask parliament to pick a new prime minister.
2
Let's use an example: Say you pick a V4 as your project.
3
Australia's government has said it will make its submarine pick this year.
4
This week, Modi will form his government and pick his foreign ministers.
5
However, analysts said the scale of December's pick-up put this in doubt.
1
Mr Hearn did not think the cull would serve any great purpose.
2
Mr Clark said cull might appease people but it wouldn't be effective.
3
Unless it is part of a lawful cull or pest-control programme, yes.
4
Some of their members are animal lovers who sabotaged the badger cull.
5
But the resumption of this cull raises once again deep political issues.
1
He'd always go plunk over to the left side of the road.
2
Buy Right Before you plunk down your plastic, ask yourself a few questions.
3
I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten.
4
Don't plunk down all the money you've set aside for annuities at once.
5
Maybe you aren't ready to sign the contract and plunk down the dough.
Usage of pluck in English
1
For food, they need merely pluck bananas and mangoes from the trees.
2
He showed any amount of pluck in the affair with the Indians.
3
He approached the Bush, and stooped to pluck one of the Roses.
4
The women like prowess and the manly virtues of pluck and endurance.
5
Three times now I've stepped in to pluck her out of danger.
6
Every nerve in his body seemed to pluck at the angry flesh.
7
But I always said Betsy had all the pluck of the family.
8
The young girl drank and let her pluck out the other eye.
9
For their magnificent pluck the two young officers received the Victoria Cross.
10
So out of the nettle danger we may pluck the flower safety.
11
Perhaps they were too frightened or perhaps it was just natural pluck.
12
From the nettle Change I have tried to pluck the flower Security.
13
None were as awe-inspiring as Mrs Clinton's story of bravery and pluck.
14
The story was told; and Nurse was proud of her charge's pluck.
15
You cannot leap into strange cabs in Piccadilly unless you have pluck.
16
I had begun to pluck off the petals, when the door-bell rang.
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Pluck through the time
Pluck across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common