Meaning Of Pluck

v. t.

To pull; to draw.
v. t.

Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.
v. t.

To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
v. t.

To reject at an examination for degrees.
v. i.

To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
n.

The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
n.

The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
n.

Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
n.

The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
v. t.

The lyrie.