"pluck" Definition

Definitions for the word "pluck" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v.
1 pick or pull out or away. 2 strip (a bird) of feathers. 3 pull at, twitch. 4 (foll. By at) tug or snatch at. 5 sound (the string of a musical instrument) with a finger or plectrum. 6 plunder. n. 1 courage, spirit. 2 plucking; twitch. 3 animal''s heart, liver, and lungs as food. pluck up summon up (one''s courage etc.). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal,—all that is PLUCKED away in connexion with the windpipe, from the chest of a sheep or hog.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
to turn back at a University examination. The supposed origin of PLUCK is, that when, on degree day, the proctor, after having read the name of a candidate for a degree, walks down the hall and back, it is to give any creditor the opportunity of plucking his sleeve, and informing him of the candidate’s being in debt.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
courage, valour, stoutness. _See following._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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