| Pronunciation: | | 'plukee
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| Matching Terms: | | pluck, pluck at, plucked, plucker, plucker tube, pluckily, pluckiness, pluckless
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- [adj] showing courage in the face of danger; "a plucky lampooner of the administration"
- [adj] showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
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| | Synonyms: | | feisty, gutsy, spirited, spunky |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. {Pluckier}; superl. {Pluckiest}.]
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
--Barham.
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| | Related Terms: | | bold, bulldoggish, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, gutty, mettlesome, nervy, pertinacious, red-blooded, resolute, spirited, spiritful, spunky, tenacious, tough, unfearing |
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