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plucky

/ˈplʌki/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈplʌki/
plucky
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short u vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

pluc - ky -> plucky

Myanmar meaning

(adj) သတ္တိရှိသော။

Full entry

pluck1 /plʌk/ v

၁။ ~ sth (off/ out) ခူးသည်။ ဆွတ်သည်။ နုတ်သည်။ pluck a rose from the garden ❍ pluck one's eyebrows (ie remove hairs from them to make them nester) ❍ pluck out a grey hair.
၂။ (ကြက်မွေး စသည်) နုတ်သည်။
၃။ ~ sth (from sth); ~ (at sth) ဆွဲသည်။ ဆွဲထုတ်သည်။ The child was plucking (at) her mother's skirt. ❍ He plucked a handkerchief from his pocket.
၄။ ~ sb from sth ဆယ်ယူသည်။ ဆွဲတင်သည်။ a sailor plucked from a sinking ship by a helicopter ❍ She was plucked from obscurity to take part in the new TV series.
၅။ (US also pick ) (ကြိုးတပ်တူရိယာကို လက်ချောင်းသက်သက် ဖြင့်) တီးသည်။ pluck the strings of a guitar.
❏ pluck sth up [PHRV ] (စိတ်ဓာတ်) မောင်းတင်သည်၊ အားတင်းသည်။ I finally plucked up the/ enough courage to tell her.

pluck2 /plʌk/ n

[U] (infml ) သတ္တိ။ She showed a lot of pluck in dealing with the burglars.
❏ plucky adj သတ္တိရှိသော။

More examples
  • A plucked chicken
  • I plucked a grey hair from my head.
  • He plucked absent-mindedly at the guitar strings.
  • Ships in the area plucked 45 people from the sea.
  • [pluck someone to safety] : Rescue crews plucked them to safety.
Synonyms
nerve, guts, courage, resolve, bravery, backbone, fortitude, boldness, bottle, catch, clutch, collect, cull, dauntlessness, determination, draw, finger, gather, grab, grasp, grit, hardihood, harvest, heart, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, jerk, mettle, moxie, person's resolution, pick, pick at, play, plunk, pull, pull at, pull out, remove, resolution, snatch, spirit, spunk, strum, take, tug, twang, tweak, uproot, yank
Antonyms
cowardice, disperse, dispiritedness, distribute, divide, fear, insert, irresolution, misunderstand, push, scatter, spinelessness, timidity, weakness
Cross references
nervegutscourageresolvebraverybackbonefortitudeboldnessbottlecatchclutchcollectculldauntlessnessdeterminationdrawfingergathergrabgraspgrithardihoodharvestheartintestinal fortitudeintrepidityjerkmettle
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