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pluck
English
Etymology
From Middle English plucken, plukken, plockien, from Old English pluccian, ploccian (“to pluck, pull away, tear”), also Old English ply??an ("to pluck, pull, snatch; pluck with desire"; > Modern English plitch), from Proto-Germanic *plukk?n?, *plukkijan? (“to pluck”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps related to Old English pullian (“to pull, draw; pluck off; snatch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian plukje (“to pluck”), Dutch plukken (“to pluck”), Limburgish plógte (“to pluck”), Low German plukken (“to pluck”), German pflücken (“to pluck, pick”), Danish and Norwegian plukke (“to pick”), Swedish plocka (“to pick, pluck, cull”), Icelandic plokka, plukka (“to pluck, pull”). More at pull.
An alternate etymology suggests Proto-Germanic *plukk?n?, *plukkijan? may have been borrowed from an assumed Vulgar Latin *pilucc?re, *pilic?re, a derivative of Latin pil?re (“to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). The Oxford English Dictionary, however, finds difficulties with this and cites gaps in historical evidence.
The noun sense of "heart, liver, and lights of an animal" comes from it being plucked out of the carcass after the animal is killed; the sense of "fortitude, boldness" derives from this meaning, originally being a boxing slang denoting a prize-ring, with semantic development from "heart", the symbol of courage, to "fortitude, boldness".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Verb
pluck (third-person singular simple present plucks, present participle plucking, simple past and past participle plucked or (obsolete) pluckt)
- (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Ch.I:
- The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Ch.I:
- (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
- (transitive, music) To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
- (transitive) To remove feathers from a bird.
- (transitive) To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
- (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
- (Britain, college slang, obsolete) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
Derived terms
- plucker
- plucking
- pluck up
Translations
Noun
pluck (countable and uncountable, plural plucks)
- An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
- 2006, Tom Cunliffe, Complete Yachtmaster (page 40)
- If you find yourself in this position, there is nothing for it but to haul out using external assistance. This may be from a friend who will give you a pluck off the wall, or you may be able to manage from your own resources.
- 2006, Tom Cunliffe, Complete Yachtmaster (page 40)
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- (informal, figuratively, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:courage
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.
- Synonym: plonk
Derived terms
- plucky
Translations
References
- pluck in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pluck in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- UK plc
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tremble
English
Etymology
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremul?, a derivative of Classical Latin trem?; cf. also tremulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??mbl?/
- Hyphenation: trem?ble
Verb
tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)
- (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To fear; to be afraid.
Translations
Noun
tremble (plural trembles)
- A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Translations
Related terms
- tremor
- tremulous
- tremblor
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???bl/
Noun
tremble m (plural trembles)
- aspen
Verb
tremble
- first-person singular present indicative of trembler
- third-person singular present indicative of trembler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
- second-person singular imperative of trembler
Further reading
- “tremble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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