Pluck
verb
To pull off or out from the place it grows.
She plucked a red rose from the bush.
Often appears as...
- pluck a flower
- pluck a fruit
verb
To remove the feathers from a bird.
After hunting, they plucked the duck before cooking it.
Often appears as...
- pluck a duck
- pluck a chicken
verb
To play a string instrument by pulling and releasing the strings.
He plucked the guitar strings gently.
Often appears as...
- pluck a guitar
- pluck a harp
Usage tips
Musical
noun
Courage, especially in a difficult situation.
She showed great pluck during the crisis.
Often appears as...
- have pluck
- show pluck
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Approving
verb
To remove something, especially hair or feathers, by pulling.
She plucked her eyebrows to make them look neat.
Often appears as...
- pluck eyebrows
- pluck hair
verb
To pull off or out from the place it grows.
She plucked a red rose from the bush.
Often appears as...
- pluck a flower
- pluck a fruit
verb
To remove the feathers from a bird.
After hunting, they plucked the duck before cooking it.
Often appears as...
- pluck a duck
- pluck a chicken
verb
To play a string instrument by pulling and releasing the strings.
He plucked the guitar strings gently.
Often appears as...
- pluck a guitar
- pluck a harp
Usage tips
Musical
noun
Courage, especially in a difficult situation.
She showed great pluck during the crisis.
Often appears as...
- have pluck
- show pluck
Usage tips
Approving
verb
To remove something, especially hair or feathers, by pulling.
She plucked her eyebrows to make them look neat.
Often appears as...
- pluck eyebrows
- pluck hair
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Context
Often used when talking about picking plants or parts of plants.
She plucked fresh herbs from her garden for the soup.
Pro Tip 2/2Gentle Action
Implies a careful, sometimes affectionate action, different from a rough pull.
He plucked the petals off the flower one by one.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Context
Often used when talking about picking plants or parts of plants.
She plucked fresh herbs from her garden for the soup.
Pro Tip 2/2Gentle Action
Implies a careful, sometimes affectionate action, different from a rough pull.
He plucked the petals off the flower one by one.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Context
Often used when talking about picking plants or parts of plants.
She plucked fresh herbs from her garden for the soup.
Pro Tip 2/2Gentle Action
Implies a careful, sometimes affectionate action, different from a rough pull.
He plucked the petals off the flower one by one.
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Young Hyena Breaks...
because they just plucked up the courage to come right up to the camera so the camera did give us the opportunity to find out a bit more about them i think from our point of view what's gonna be interesting is you know will these be the hyenas of the future that might visit our waterhole after a few months they will go out with those adults and there's every
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
I see a world where we can reactivate any kind of memory that we'd like. I also see a world where we can erase unwanted memories. Now, I even see a world where editing memories is something of a reality, because we're living in a time where it's possible to pluck questions from the tree of science fiction and to ground them in experimental reality.
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Why should you read...
centers around the potential of Pip, an orphan plucked from obscurity by an anonymous benefactor and propelled into high society. In his search for purpose, Pip becomes the victim of other people’s ambitions for him and must negotiate with a shadowy cast of characters.
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How brass instruments...
String instruments are plucked or bowed. Woodwinds have air blown against a reed or sharp edge. For brass instruments, however, the vibration come directly from the musician's mouth. One of the first things a brass player must learn is to breathe in deeply,
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Meet the microscopic...
but to find out what it's uniquely well-suited to help us with. Here's an example. We started with a pest, a wasp that lives on many of our homes. Inside that wasp, we plucked out a little-known microorganism species with a unique
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
nor do we now want to get in the way and pluck genocidaires from camps. So then you have to make the decision. Do you turn off the international spigot of life support and risk two million civilian lives?
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Creating true randomness...
because randomness cannot be manufactured by a machine it has to be plucked from the universe so isn't it wonderful to think that when we gaze into the night sky we see a universe
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Feathers in Flight: The...
OK, so the first thing I'm going to do is one of the most important things is to have the genetic samples. So I'm going to pluck the tail feather first. Sorry, guy.
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Leopard Family Learns to...
get a grip she needs to pluck up her courage and quite literally sink her teeth into the problem
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Adorable Cheetah...
takis encouragement obviously helped because now sambal finally plucked up
Video examples
Young Hyena Breaks...
because they just plucked up the courage to come right up to the camera so the camera did give us the opportunity to find out a bit more about them i think from our point of view what's gonna be interesting is you know will these be the hyenas of the future that might visit our waterhole after a few months they will go out with those adults and there's every
Video examples
Steve Ramirez and Xu...
I see a world where we can reactivate any kind of memory that we'd like. I also see a world where we can erase unwanted memories. Now, I even see a world where editing memories is something of a reality, because we're living in a time where it's possible to pluck questions from the tree of science fiction and to ground them in experimental reality.
Video examples
Why should you read...
centers around the potential of Pip, an orphan plucked from obscurity by an anonymous benefactor and propelled into high society. In his search for purpose, Pip becomes the victim of other people’s ambitions for him and must negotiate with a shadowy cast of characters.
Video examples
How brass instruments...
String instruments are plucked or bowed. Woodwinds have air blown against a reed or sharp edge. For brass instruments, however, the vibration come directly from the musician's mouth. One of the first things a brass player must learn is to breathe in deeply,
Video examples
Meet the microscopic...
but to find out what it's uniquely well-suited to help us with. Here's an example. We started with a pest, a wasp that lives on many of our homes. Inside that wasp, we plucked out a little-known microorganism species with a unique
Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
nor do we now want to get in the way and pluck genocidaires from camps. So then you have to make the decision. Do you turn off the international spigot of life support and risk two million civilian lives?
Video examples
Creating true randomness...
because randomness cannot be manufactured by a machine it has to be plucked from the universe so isn't it wonderful to think that when we gaze into the night sky we see a universe
Video examples
Feathers in Flight: The...
OK, so the first thing I'm going to do is one of the most important things is to have the genetic samples. So I'm going to pluck the tail feather first. Sorry, guy.
Video examples
Leopard Family Learns to...
get a grip she needs to pluck up her courage and quite literally sink her teeth into the problem
Video examples
Adorable Cheetah...
takis encouragement obviously helped because now sambal finally plucked up
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Michael Winter
Canadian Writer
Hockey wasn't invented but discovered. The game, and the large organizing idea behind Stephen Smith's deeply personal 'Puckstruck,' sleeps in ponds and in the crooked limbs of trees overhead; we merely pluck a stick from the sky and skate over the frozen world to find ourselves and each other.
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Jack Monroe
British Journalist
Gas prices and train fares seem to be the two commodities for modern British life that base their prices on a whim, or numbers plucked out of thin air, without a thought to the real cost to those for whom those price hikes mean unimaginable sacrifices in their day to day lives.
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Stephen Hendry
Scottish Entertainer
I would never be one to go striding over to any woman who caught my eye - after all, I'm the person who got to know my wife's parents before I plucked up the courage to talk to her.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Some feel as though the world is their oyster; others feel as though they were the oyster itself, plucked from the ocean, cracked open, and robbed of all that is precious to them.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living.
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Colin Cowherd
American Entertainer
I mean ESPN plucked me out of nowhere and I'm forever grateful for the opportunity. I don't love the way it ended. But I'm not a grudge-holder.
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Amy Lee
American Musician
A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.
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Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
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Doug Liman
American Director
I'm really drawn to adventure, and characters being plucked from normal life and sent on extraordinary adventures.
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James A. Garfield
American President
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
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Michael Winter
Canadian Writer
Hockey wasn't invented but discovered. The game, and the large organizing idea behind Stephen Smith's deeply personal 'Puckstruck,' sleeps in ponds and in the crooked limbs of trees overhead; we merely pluck a stick from the sky and skate over the frozen world to find ourselves and each other.
Quote examples
Jack Monroe
British Journalist
Gas prices and train fares seem to be the two commodities for modern British life that base their prices on a whim, or numbers plucked out of thin air, without a thought to the real cost to those for whom those price hikes mean unimaginable sacrifices in their day to day lives.
Quote examples
Stephen Hendry
Scottish Entertainer
I would never be one to go striding over to any woman who caught my eye - after all, I'm the person who got to know my wife's parents before I plucked up the courage to talk to her.
Quote examples
Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Some feel as though the world is their oyster; others feel as though they were the oyster itself, plucked from the ocean, cracked open, and robbed of all that is precious to them.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living.
Quote examples
Colin Cowherd
American Entertainer
I mean ESPN plucked me out of nowhere and I'm forever grateful for the opportunity. I don't love the way it ended. But I'm not a grudge-holder.
Quote examples
Amy Lee
American Musician
A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.
Quote examples
Ellen Key
Swedish Writer
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
Quote examples
Doug Liman
American Director
I'm really drawn to adventure, and characters being plucked from normal life and sent on extraordinary adventures.
Quote examples
James A. Garfield
American President
A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.
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