What (who) is Pluck - definition
ALBUM BY SYSTEM OF A DOWN
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pluck
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Pluckers; Pluck; Pluck (disambiguation); Plucking (disambiguation); Pluck (offal)
I. v. a.
1.
Gather, pick, cull.
2.
Pull (quickly), twitch, snatch, jerk, yerk, tug, tear.
3.
Pull, draw.
4.
Strip by plucking.
II. n.
(Colloq.) Spirit, courage, resolution, manhood, indomitableness, backbone, determination, energy, force, mettle, nerve, hardihood, force of character, strength of will.
pluck
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¦ verb
1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.
catch hold of and pull quickly.
2. pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking.
pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater.
3. sound (a stringed musical instrument) with one's finger or a plectrum.
¦ noun
1. spirited and determined courage.
2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.
Phrases
pluck up courage summon up enough courage to do something frightening.
Derivatives
plucker noun
Origin
OE ploccian, pluccian, of Gmc origin.
pluck
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Pluckers; Pluck; Pluck (disambiguation); Plucking (disambiguation); Pluck (offal)
I
n.
courage
the pluck to + inf. (he had enough pluck to stand up to the boss)
II
v.
1)(d; intr.) ('to tug') to pluck at
2) (D; tr.) ('to pull') to pluck from (to pluck feathers from a chicken)
Wikipedia
System of a Down (album)
System of a Down is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on June 30, 1998, by American Recordings and Columbia Records. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in February 2000. After the success of the band's following album, Toxicity (2001), System of a Down was certified platinum and has since gone double platinum.
Pronunciation examples for Pluck
1. They basically pluck people out of the ocean, pluck people
Exposed - The Life of a Pro Photographer _ Michael Clark _ Talks at Google
2. and pluck it out.
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space _ Janna Levin _ Talks at Google
3. pluck in different ways--
Something Deeply Hidden _ Sean Carroll _ Talks at Google
4. the early pluck teas.
Tea Talk _ Ned Heagerty _ Talks at Google
5. that's called a fine pluck.
Tea Talk _ Ned Heagerty _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Pluck
1. Will investors pluck profitable routes, leaving others to crumble?
2. His tweezers were expensive, but boy, could they pluck!
3. Guests get to tour tea gardens and pluck tea leaves.
4. Adolescent women and young girls usually pluck birds in the affected community, the WHO said.
5. Rescue workers and individuals carried out risky operations to pluck survivors from rooftops.