PICK OFF vs PLUCK: NOUN
- An instance of throwing out a batter leading off base.
- A pull; a tug; a twitch; a snatch: as, he gave the sword a pluck.
- A blow; a stroke.
- A bout; around.
- The heart, liver, and lungs or lights of a sheep, ox, or other animal used as butchers' meat: also used figuratively or humorously of the like parts of a human being.
- Hence Heart; courage; spirit; determined energy; resolution in the face of difficulties.
- The heart, liver, windpipe, and lungs of a slaughtered animal.
- The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
- Resourceful courage and daring in the face of difficulties; spirit.
- The act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- The act or an instance of plucking.
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- An instance of plucking
- The pogge, Agonus cataphractus.
- Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
- The lyrie.
- The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
- Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
- The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
- The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: VERB
- To remove by picking.
- To shoot one by one.
- To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. one by one.
- To throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.
- To intercept, such as a ball in flight.
- Shoot one by one
- Pull or pull out sharply
- Pull or pull out sharply
- Strip of feathers
- Pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- Look for and gather
- Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- To pull or twitch sharply
- To play a string instrument pizzicato
- To rob, fleece, steal forcibly
- To remove feathers from a bird.
- To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
- To pull something sharply; to pull something out
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at.
- To remove or detach by grasping and pulling abruptly with the fingers; pick.
- To pull out the hair or feathers of.
- To remove abruptly or forcibly.
- To give an abrupt pull to; tug at.
- To give an abrupt pull; tug.
- To sound (the strings of an instrument) by pulling and releasing them with the fingers or a plectrum.
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To gather up; to summon.
- To pull or tear off.
- To pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state.
- To pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away.
- To reject at an examination for degrees.
- To strip of, or as of, feathers.
- 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
- To pull; to draw.
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To strip, as a fowl, by pulling off its feathers; strip the feathers from: as, to pluck a fowl.
- To reject, after a university or other examination, as not coming up to the required standard.
- To summon or muster up: as, to pluck up courage, spirit, etc.
- Intrans., to collect one's self; gather spirit or courage.
- To pull; draw; drag: used either literally or figuratively.
- To pull off, as feathers from a fowl, or fruit or flowers from a plant; pick off; gather; pick or cull, as berries or flowers.
- In geology, to break off easily in large pieces, as granite. See plucking.
- To pull sharply, as if at the folds of a skirt: used with at.
- Especially To pull sharply; pull with sudden force or jerk; give a tugor twitch to; twitch; snatch; twang, as the strings of a harp or guitar.
- In geology, to pry off or tear away, as blocks of rock from the lee side of cliffs or projections, or more moderate slopes: said of the action of moving ice, as in glaciers. See plucking.
- Ask an unreasonable price
- Rip off
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: RELATED WORDS
- Catcher, Trapball, Baserunning, Wild pitch, Fair ball, Throw, Sacrifice bunt, Pitchout, Texas leaguer, Grounder, Baserunner, Pickoff, Pull off, Tweak, Pluck
- Fleece, Tear, Tweak, Roll, Gazump, Hook, Rob, Hustle, Soak, Plunk, Cull, Pluckiness, Gutsiness, Pick, Pull
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Fielder, Catcher, Trapball, Baserunning, Wild pitch, Fair ball, Throw, Sacrifice bunt, Pitchout, Texas leaguer, Grounder, Baserunner, Pickoff, Pull off, Tweak
- Deplume, Pick off, Pull off, Plume, Overcharge, Fleece, Tear, Tweak, Roll, Gazump, Hook, Soak, Plunk, Pick, Pull
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Pick off insects by hand and remove infected areas of the plant.
- Another tasty pick off of our catering menu your guests will love!
- Warplock Jezzails team to pick off key individuals within an army.
- Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
- Better to pick off contaminated leaves and destroy them.
- Pick off the loose, hardened wax using your.
- Iraq to pick off incoming mortars as well.
- RHODES: And pick off European countries from our Atlantic alliance into his orbit, get the pressure off of his borders.
- People who act prematurely and cut themselves off from popular support will be easy for the government to pick off.
- Phrasal verbs include pick apart, pick at, pick off, pick on, pick out, pick through, pick up, pick up after and pick up on.
- What happens when you pluck the rubber bands?
- SYN: Twitch, pluck, pull, catch, grasp, gripe, clutch.
- Then pluck turns giving each other spa services.
- Do pluck it softly fur tliat shepheards sake.
- My remedy is then to pluck it out.
- Pluck up your spirit, Jon, and break away.
- My remedy is, then, to pluck it out.
- Pluck, the free Web organizer software at pluck.com, can also handle RSS feeds.
- Nisua, A pluck, or calfs pluck, Exta vitu.
- To pluck, or give one a pluck, Velio, vcllico.
PICK OFF vs PLUCK: QUESTIONS
- What happens if a pitcher tries to pick off a base runner?
- What happens if you pick off a double steal in baseball?
- Did Aaron Rodgers throw his own pick off the Seahawks?
- Should you pick off male or female flowers for pollination?
- What does the Bible say about pluck grain on Sabbath?
- What happens if you pluck multiple hairs from your head?
- How do you pluck without pressing down on guitar frets?
- What does the Bible say about pluck up and destroy?
- What does it mean when someone says you have pluck?
- Why do people pluck grass blades to watch the wind?
- How do you pluck a pheasant without ripping it open?
- Is it illegal to pluck roadside plants in Singapore?
- Do Dallas BBQs pluck the feathers from their wings?
- Can I pluck my hair between electrolysis treatments?