pluck

1. verb

1) (to pull: She plucked a grey hair from her head; He plucked at my sleeve.) izpuliti; povleči

2) (to pull the feathers off (a chicken etc) before cooking it.) skubsti

3) (to pick (flowers etc).) trgati

4) (to pull hairs out of (eyebrows) in order to improve their shape.) puliti

5) (to pull and let go (the strings of a musical instrument).) prebirati strune

2. noun

(courage He showed a lot of pluck.) pogum

- plucky

- pluckily
- pluckiness
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
- energy

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I [plʌk]

noun

poteg, trzaj, trzanje; skubljenje; drobovje, notranji organi (hrana); srčnost, hrabrost, pogum; British English padec pri izpitu

to give a pluck — povleči

to have pluck — biti pogumen

II [plʌk]

1.

transitive verb

trgati, odtrgati (sadje, cvetje); puliti, izpuliti (perje, lase, plevel); skubsti, oskubiti (perutnino); potegniti, vleči (za roko); music prebirati strune; colloquially oskubsti koga, nasankati koga; slang vreči pri izpitu;

2.

intransitive verb

puliti, vleči (at za); loviti, grabiti po čem

slang to be plucked — pasti pri izpitu

to pluck down — ponižati

to have a crow to pluck with — imeti s kom obračun

to pluck up one's courage ( —ali heart, spirits) — zbrati pogum

to pluck up a crow — ukvarjati se z jalovim delom

to pluck a pigeon — nasankati budalo