'Plucky' definitions:
adjective
Marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn:
gutsy, plucky] [ant:
gutless]
adjective
Showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" [syn:
feisty, plucky,
spunky]
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Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. Pluckier; superl. Pluckiest.]
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
[1913 Webster]
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If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
--Barham.
[1913 Webster]
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bold,
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bulldoggish,
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courageous,
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dauntless,
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doughty,
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fearless,
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game,
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gamy,
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gritty,
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gutsy,
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gutty,
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mettlesome,
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nervy,
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pertinacious,
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red-blooded,
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resolute,
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spirited,
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spiritful,
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spunky,
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tenacious,
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tough,
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unfearing
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