1. pluck - Noun
2. pluck - Verb
To pull; to draw.
Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
To reject at an examination for degrees.
To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
The lyrie.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck. James A. Garfield
'T is hers to pluck the amaranthine flower Of faith, and round the sufferer's temples bind Wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower, And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind. William Wordsworth
Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time. Christina Rossetti
Kindness can pluck the whiskers of a lion. Moroccan Proverb
he tried to pluck under her/his eyebrow, but blinded the eye. Persian Proverb
Pluck the magpie, and don't make her scream. Italian Proverb