pluck

1. 1.

   the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

   Synonymsgutsinesspluckiness

   Broaderfearlessness
2. 2.

   the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

   Broaderpull

Other forms of pluck

plural

plucks·

past tense

plucked·

present participle

plucking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pluck

What does pluck mean?

pluck means "pull or pull out sharply". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pluck?

pluck has 1 syllable: pluck. In IPA it is /ˈplʌk/.

What is another word for pluck?

Close synonyms include tweak, pull off, pick off, hustle, roll. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pluck a common word?

pluck is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.