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pluck | puck |

As a verb pluck

is (lb) to pull something sharply; to pull something out.

As a noun pluck

is an instance of plucking.

As a proper noun puck is

(mythology) a mischievous sprite in celtic mythology and english folklore.

pluck

English

Verb

  • (lb) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
  • :
  • *1900 , , Ch.I:
  • *:The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined.
  • To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
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  • (lb) To remove feathers from a bird.
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  • *:Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust.
  • (lb) To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
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  • (lb) To play a string instrument pizzicato
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  • (lb) To pull or twitch sharply.
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  • To reject at an examination for degrees.
  • *1847 , , (Jane Eyre)
  • *:He went to college, and he got— plucked , I think they call it: and then his uncles wanted him to be a barrister, and study the law.

    • Derived terms

    * plucker * plucking * pluck up

    Noun

    (-)
  • An instance of plucking
    • ''Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck
  • The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
  • Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
    • He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck .

    Derived terms

    * plucky

    References

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    Anagrams

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    puck

    English

    Etymology 1

    Attested since 1886. From or influenced by (etyl) . Compare poke (1861).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ice hockey) A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
  • * 1886 , Boston Daily Globe (28 February), p 2:
    • In hockey a flat piece of rubber, say four inches long by three wide and about an inch thick, called a ‘puck ’, is used.
  • (chiefly, Canada) An object shaped like a puck.
  • * 2004 , Art Directors Annual , v 83, Rotovision, p 142:
    • He reaches into the urinal and picks up the puck'. He then walk over to the sink and replaces a bar of soap with the urinal ' puck .
  • (computing) A pointing device with a crosshair.
    • Derived terms
    * hockey puck * puck bunny * puck carrier * puck chaser * puck chasing * puck crown * puck-dribbling * puck-handler * puck-handling * puck palace * puck-pusher * puck sense * puck-shy * puckster * rag the puck
    See also
    * (Hockey puck)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mischievous spirit.
    • Derived terms
    * puckish ----