pluck
An instance of plucking or pulling sharplyAn instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
» Tom has never plucked a chicken.
Tom hat noch nie ein Huhn gerupft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
(countable, uncountable)The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
потрохаpotroxa
(figuratively, informal, uncountable)Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
Mumm, Schneid, Mut
насто́йчивостьnastójčivostʹ, неотсту́пностьneotstúpnostʹ, упо́рствоupórstvo
(slang, uncountable)Cheap wine.
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
Examples
76 sentencesTom has never plucked a chicken.
deTom hat noch nie ein Huhn gerupft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom plucked up the courage to kiss Mary.
Mary started plucking her eyebrows when she was twelve years old.
deMaria hat mit zwölf Jahren angefangen, sich die Augenbrauen zu zupfen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom eventually plucked up the courage and went into the cave.
Tom says he can pluck a chicken in less than ten minutes.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English plucken, plukken, plockien, from Old English pluccian, ploccian (“to pFrom Middle English plucken, plukken, plockien, from Old English pluccian, ploccian (“to pluck, pull away, tear”), also Old English plyċċan ("to pluck, pull, snatch; pluck with desire"), from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną, *plukkijaną (“to pluck”), of uncertain and disputed origin.
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Forms
plural: plucksSynonyms
29 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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