pluck
verb
[ plʌk ]
• take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.
• "she plucked a blade of grass"
• quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
• "the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage"
• sound (a musical instrument or its strings) with one's finger or a plectrum.
• "she picked up her guitar and plucked it idly"
pluck
noun
• spirited and determined courage.
• "it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked ‘Danger’"
Similar:
courage,
bravery,
nerve,
pluckiness,
boldness,
courageousness,
braveness,
backbone,
spine,
daring,
spirit,
intrepidness,
intrepidity,
fearlessness,
mettle,
determination,
fortitude,
resolve,
resolution,
stout-heartedness,
hardihood,
dauntlessness,
valour,
doughtiness,
heroism,
audacity,
grit,
guts,
spunk,
gutsiness,
gumption,
bottle,
ballsiness,
moxie,
cojones,
sand,
balls,
• the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.
Origin:
late Old English ploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken ; probably from the base of Old French ( es)peluchier ‘to pluck’. Sense 1 of the noun is originally boxers' slang.
