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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈplʌki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-plucky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pluckier [comparative], pluckiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌki Etymology: Etymology tree English pluck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English plucky From pluck (“nerve, persistence”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pluck<t:nerve, persistence><id:nerve>|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English pluck Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English plucky [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "plucky", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="plucky"> From pluck (“nerve, persistence”) + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} plucky (comparative pluckier, superlative pluckiest)
  1. (informal) Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances. Tags: informal Synonyms: brave, spunky, feisty Derived forms: pluckily, pluckiness Translations (having or showing pluck): решителен (rešitelen) (Bulgarian), 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), kurážný (Czech), kuraĝa (Esperanto), rohkea (Finnish), sisukas (Finnish), courageux (French), qui a du cran (French), ousado (Galician), valente (Galician), afouto (Galician), beherzt (German), tapfer (German), θαρραλέος (tharraléos) (Greek), वीर (vīr) (Hindi), coraggioso (Italian), impavido (Italian), kiriūka (Māori), whaipara (Māori), gamme (Norman), modig (Norwegian Bokmål), djerv (Norwegian Bokmål), dzielny (Polish), odważny (Polish), ousado (Portuguese), impávido (Portuguese), отва́жный (otvážnyj) (Russian), odvážny (Slovak), valiente (Spanish), osado (Spanish), modig (Swedish), djärv (Swedish), can đảm (Vietnamese)

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          ],
          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 231:",
          "text": "\"Dam' plucky of you, fixing it up like that. I kept that copper talking...give you a chance. By George, you did it perfectly.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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            [
              140,
              146
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2020 July 29, “Lawmakers From Both Sides Take Aim at Big Tech Executives”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "At the start of the hearing, Mr. Bezos introduced himself as a lucky and humble example of the success of American democracy — the son of a plucky mother and a supportive, immigrant father who “fostered my curiosity and encouraged me to dream big.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pluck",
          "pluck"
        ],
        [
          "courage",
          "courage"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brave"
        },
        {
          "word": "spunky"
        },
        {
          "word": "feisty"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplʌki/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
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    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "rešitelen",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "решителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yǒnggǎn",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "勇敢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "kurážný"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "kuraĝa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "rohkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "sisukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "courageux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "qui a du cran"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "ousado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "valente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "afouto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "beherzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "tapfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "tharraléos",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "θαρραλέος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "vīr",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "वीर"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "coraggioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "impavido"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "kiriūka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "whaipara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "gamme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "modig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "djerv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "dzielny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "odważny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "ousado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "impávido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "otvážnyj",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "отва́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "odvážny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "valiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "osado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "modig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "djärv"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "having or showing pluck",
      "word": "can đảm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plucky"
}

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