Pluck

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Pluck

Pluck : பறி

Pluck : பறி,பிடுங்கு

Pluck definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To pull; to draw.
  2. 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.
  3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.
  4. To reject at an examination for degrees.
  5. The lyrie.

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

Noun.

  1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
  2. The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
  3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
  4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, Transitive verb., 4.