to pull; to draw.-especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.-to strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.-to reject at an examination for degrees.-to make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.-the act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.-the heart, liver, and lights of an animal.-spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.-the act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. see pluck, v. t., 4.-the lyrie.