n. 1 courage, spirit, bravery, grit, boldness, intrepidity, backbone, mettle, determination, gameness, resolve, resolution, steadfastness, hardiness, sturdiness, stout-heartedness, stoutness, fortitude, nerve, Colloq guts, spunk, US sand, Slang Brit bottle, US moxie She certainly showed pluck standing up to the boss like that
v. 2 pick, remove, withdraw, draw out, extract The children plucked flowers in the garden and made posies 3 snatch, grab, yank, jerk, tear (away) She was plucked from the jaws of death by Tarzan, who happened to be swinging by on a vine 4 tug (at), pull (at), catch (at), clutch (at); vellicate An ancient crone plucked at his sleeve as he passed