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Definition of pluck : 1. 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.
2. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
3. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
4. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
5. The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
6. The lyrie.
7. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; - usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.
8. To pull; to draw.
9. To reject at an examination for degrees.
10. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.

Synonyms:

piece, negociate, pull in, bustle about, bring, tweak, pull off, pat, gather up, bone, cabbage, range, extract, plank, turn over, blend, shoot, purloin, hock, pilfer, baton, dress, preen, rob, rive, heroics, beat out, plump, roll, accompany, overstretch, walk, attract, roam, lift, dive, swan, souse, pull out, filch, draw away, fine-tune, plop, displume, pick off, atmospherics, stray, articulation, pride, blanch, hook, rip, clump, crochet, roll out, guts, snatch, snitch, blast away, pick up, wheel, draw out, nobble, commit, cull, tear, swipe, deplume, intestinal fortitude, wrest, safety razor, bustle, accost, fish out, root for, cast, fiber, snarf, break up, revolve, overload, gallantry, get out, shave, cop, wrench, overcharge, draw off, rove, tug, grittiness, pinch, plonk, flap, gazump, plume, imbue, clop, draw in, drive, surcharge, drift, depilatory, hit it up, nobility, wind, bring off, wrap, butcher, addict, stroke, manage, bravado, hustle, chill, bust, graze, plunge, rupture, draw, pull up, perpetrate, constancy, beat, glom, haul, abstract, wander, bake, razor, sop, seethe, sneak, conduct, force, rend, ramble, haul off, intoxicate, shear, bikini line, drench, foot, escort, shepherd, twine, plunk, pluckiness, jerk, roll up, tramp, pull, brush, fleece, nibble, charge, buck, thieve, carve, blame, gutsiness, clunk, peck, deliver, shave off, clean, butter, aftershave, pawn, take out, vagabond, inebriate, deplumate, handle, douse, back, carry off, feel, soak, arrange, butchery, congratulate, come, lead, yank, shoot down, undulate, touch, find fault, snare, put in, dowse, primp, knock off, plunk down, electrolysis, solicit, plump down, bang out, beak, pick, snap, blast, flump, wave

courage, study at fortitude, audacity, daring, heroism, bravery, valor, confidence, nerve, intrepidness, mettle, boldness

grit, resolution, tenacity, steadfastness, toughness, fervency, devotion, perseverance, stubbornness, bullheadedness, tirelessness, heartiness, persistence, headstrongness, decisiveness, stamina, diligence, stoniness, indomitability, faithfulness, indefatigability, trueness, determination, dauntlessness, staunchness

fearlessness, braveness, stoutness, intrepidity, spunk, moxie, courageousness, sand, fortitude, backbone, valiance

Usage examples:

• If I admire Rod, with his constant driving action, his indomitable pluck, his simple but tremendous belief in the importance of what he has undertaken to do, that's my own affair. - "The Front Yard", Constance Fenimore Woolson.
• If pluck will make you win, I am sure you will carry it through, but if at first you don't succeed, try, try again; and if you haven't the money, I'll supply the capital. - "Jennie Baxter, Journalist", Robert Barr.
• Though he had been found out, he still felt himself to be master of the situation; and with every minute's grace his pluck returned to him. - "The Red Rat's Daughter", Guy Boothby.