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plucky::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gutsy |
| Derivation | pluck |
Examples of plucky
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Plucky media mogul Rupert Murdoch has swooped on yet another publishing company.
From the forbes.com
My editor's mother is a plucky soul and a good cook, game to try almost anything.
From the signonsandiego.com
It stars four plucky English siblings who discover a secret world called Fillory.
From the usatoday.com
Coraline is a plucky heroine, and director Selig's imagination is indisputable.
From the usatoday.com
A plucky Jazz club, led by a plucky Andrei Kirilenko, almost made the playoffs.
From the sltrib.com
Apple's control-freak nature didn't matter as much when it was a plucky underdog.
From the newsweek.com
Salute their efforts by investing in a new vase to showcase these plucky flowers.
From the guardian.co.uk
Take for example the plucky crew at Blendtec and their wonderful Will It Blend?
From the businessweek.com
Fred was nature's nobleman, Ginger the plucky girl who made good by dancing well.
From the time.com
- Gutsy: 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"
- Feisty: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
- (pluckily) in a plucky manner; "he was Brentford's defensive star in pluckily holding out the determined Reading raids for long periods"
- (pluckiness) gutsiness: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
- Plucky is a fictional character from the animated children's television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann. Plucky is the only seen offspring of the red foxes Bold and Whisper, and also the grandson of the original Fox and Vixen. ...
- Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances
- A live small meat chicken; runt
