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plucky

[ pluhk-ee ]

adjective

pluckier, pluckiest.
  1. having or showing pluck or courage; brave:

    The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.

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plucky

/ ˈ±è±ôÊŒ°ìɪ /

adjective

  1. having or showing courage in the face of difficulties, danger, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è±ô³Ü³¦°ì¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ±è±ô³Ü³¦°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ô³Ü³¦°ìi·±ô²â adverb
  • ±è±ô³Ü³¦°ìi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plucky1

First recorded in 1820–30; pluck + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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A smothering USC press would eventually put a stop to Greensboro’s plucky start.

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Were it not for the tenacity of two plucky London architects in the early 1990s and their unwavering vision, London's skyline - and the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks celebrations - would be significantly different today.

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The actor who voiced the plucky PC Mukherjee in the latest hit Wallace and Gromit film has said she is pinching herself ahead of a "quite insane" trip to the Oscars.

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But the Oakland Zoo is hopeful that the plucky young primate will make a full recovery.

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A novelist, she had written the bestselling “Annie Jordan,†about a plucky heroine in boom town Seattle modeled on her pioneer family.

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