pluckier; pluckiest
pluckily adverb
pluckiness noun

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However, everyone is vulnerable to being swept up by this dreamy, sensitive story of the plucky teens who do just that. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025 The winner would go up against plucky underdog Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 36. Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025 Hardly undone by all that, the plucky Texas teen enlists the otherworldly assist of her mystical, kooky and somewhat sage aunt Gugu (Lori Tan Chinn) and a sidekick, the vampire spirit Ed (Bowen Yang), who warned her about the demon Kit (Woosung Kim). Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025 Trudeau sought to cast himself as a plucky underdog. Amanda Coletta The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for plucky 

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of plucky was in 1840

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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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plucky

adjective
pluckier; pluckiest

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