Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.

    beherzt, tapfer

    отва́жныйotvážnyj

    showing courage

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He is a plucky guy.

    Він завзятий хлопець. — shanghainese

    ruОн чёткий чувак. — shanghainese

  2. This plucky hero never backed down from danger.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
having or showing pluck:
Deutsch
having or showing pluck:

Forms

pluckier, pluckiest
Comparativepluckier Lesson
Superlativepluckiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited:gutsy
  • showing courage:feistyspunky

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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