Plucky
adjective
Showing courage and determination in the face of difficulties.
She is a plucky young girl who isn't afraid of challenges.
Often appears as...
- plucky hero
- plucky youngster
adjective
Showing courage and determination in the face of difficulties.
She is a plucky young girl who isn't afraid of challenges.
Often appears as...
- plucky hero
- plucky youngster
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Plucky implies admiration for someone showing bravery despite risks or challenges.
The plucky volunteer fought hard to save the wildlife after the oil spill.
Pro Tip 2/3Underdog Spirit
Often used to describe someone who shows courage in a situation where they're not expected to succeed.
The plucky underdog team won the match, despite the odds being against them.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Foolhardy
Plucky doesn't mean being reckless; it's about sensible courage and determination.
She made a plucky decision to start her own business, with careful planning and research.
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Baby Bison Takes on Wolf...
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Well, fortunately, there's a silver lining to my findings. Those plucky entrepreneurs who managed to switch focus by responding to prevention questions with promotion answers went on to raise 14 times more funding than those who responded to prevention questions with prevention answers.
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Mars Up Close, Part 1:...
the two little plucky rovers that could arrive and they do all kinds of things, however, they did not have capabilities to do anything like what Curiosity can do. But before we get into Curiosity, I want to tell you a little bit about what--
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Baboon Parenting PIPE Wild...
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Mouse vs. Boa PIPE National...
the victims presence the BOA has the mouse trapped eye on a limb with no way out as the BOA moves in for the kill the mouse seems to be doomed how can our plucky hero ever escape this possible traffic
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Baby Penguin Annoys...
quickly growing too big to sit under the parent they're starting to discover there's a world beyond the nest down behind the Boatshed this plucky little talent still a couple of months from
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Mouse vs Boa PIPE National...
mouse trapped high on a limb with no way out as the BOA moves in for the kill the mouse seems to be doomed how can our plucky hero ever escape this impossible trap
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Baby Bison Takes on Wolf...
his eyes famished the plucky little fighter loses no time filling up on his mother's rich milk and this wolf has been thoroughly buffaloed
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Penguin chicks rescued...
don't mess with the delis the plucky rescuer accompanies the
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that plucky rescuer accompanies the chicks to the sea
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that plucky rescuer accompanies the chicks to the sea
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Anouska Hempel
New Zealander Actress
I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men's style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality.
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Isaac Hempstead Wright
English Actor
Eggs is a kind of a plucky, brave 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a boxtroll. And he's kind of one of these mythological feral children who are raised in isolation of humanity and, by virtue of that, have a deeper connection to humanity because they've been raised away from the poisons of society.
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Owen Jones
British Journalist
The market fundamentalist ideology that dominates much of the west has attempted to indoctrinate us with a simple myth: that we all rise or fall according to our individual efforts alone; that billionaires amass vast amounts of wealth because they are entrepreneurial, plucky, go-getting geniuses.
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Rachel Johnson
British Author
With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Cheese is good. And Britain, despite the grumblings of the French and the outrage of the Swiss, not to mention some plucky challenges from Italy, Austria, and Spain, has some of the best cheese in the world. We're world leaders in cheese.
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Andrew Dominik
New Zealander Director
There's been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I've seen about four of them. He's usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who's got no choice but to turn to crime, because the railway's hassling his mother. But he wasn't like that.
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Adam Richman
American Actor
If you're a guy who's always been the fun-to-be-around teddy bear, then all of a sudden people are viewing you as sexy, it's nice. It's great not having to be the plucky best friend or the comic relief anymore - I love that.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.
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Pierre Salinger
American Public Servant
I may be plucky, but I am not stupid.
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Anouska Hempel
New Zealander Actress
I feel that, historically, the Art Deco period has the most resonance for me. As a person, it has to be the plucky Clara Bow, the heroine of American silent movies of the 1920s. She embodied feminine dressing mixed with men's style. All this then evolved into the exquisite style and simplicity of Coco Chanel.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality.
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Isaac Hempstead Wright
English Actor
Eggs is a kind of a plucky, brave 11-year-old boy who thinks he is a boxtroll. And he's kind of one of these mythological feral children who are raised in isolation of humanity and, by virtue of that, have a deeper connection to humanity because they've been raised away from the poisons of society.
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Owen Jones
British Journalist
The market fundamentalist ideology that dominates much of the west has attempted to indoctrinate us with a simple myth: that we all rise or fall according to our individual efforts alone; that billionaires amass vast amounts of wealth because they are entrepreneurial, plucky, go-getting geniuses.
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Rachel Johnson
British Author
With so many forty- and fifty something mums and dads in Converse stalking the streets, I can see why there's a slew of books about the menopause and middle age, the most recent addition being David Bainbridge's plucky, glass-half-full meditation or, as he calls it, 'natural history.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Cheese is good. And Britain, despite the grumblings of the French and the outrage of the Swiss, not to mention some plucky challenges from Italy, Austria, and Spain, has some of the best cheese in the world. We're world leaders in cheese.
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Andrew Dominik
New Zealander Director
There's been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I've seen about four of them. He's usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who's got no choice but to turn to crime, because the railway's hassling his mother. But he wasn't like that.
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Adam Richman
American Actor
If you're a guy who's always been the fun-to-be-around teddy bear, then all of a sudden people are viewing you as sexy, it's nice. It's great not having to be the plucky best friend or the comic relief anymore - I love that.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
Every so often, when I am feeling plucky, I try to write a screenplay that combines all 10 of Americans' top phobias and market it as a sleeper hit.
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Pierre Salinger
American Public Servant
I may be plucky, but I am not stupid.
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