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Pluck At
- verb - pluck or pull at with the fingers; "She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse"
Pluckier
- adjective - marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine"
- showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
Pluckily
- adverb - in a plucky manner; "he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods"
Plucking
- verb - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
- pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
Plug Hat
- noun - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
- a hat that is round and black and hard with a narrow brim; worn by some British businessmen
Pluggers
- noun - someone who is an active supporter and advocate
Plugging
- verb - deliver a quick blow to; "he punched me in the stomach"
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
- insert a plug into; "plug the wall"
- insert as a plug; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"
- make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
- persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"
Plughole
- noun - a hole into which a plug fits (especially a hole where water drains away)
Plum-Yew
- noun - any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals
Plumaged
- adjective - having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form; "fully plumaged young bird"; "brilliantly plumaged parrots"