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Definition of pluck noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pluck

noun
 
/plʌk/
 
/plʌk/
 [uncountable] (old-fashioned, informal)
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  1. the quality of being brave and determined
    • It takes a lot of pluck to do what she did.
    • It takes some pluck to stand up to bullies like that.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Old English ploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken; probably from the base of Old French (es)peluchier ‘to pluck’.
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