a. | 1. | Having courage and spirit. |
Adj. | 1. | plucked - of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum Antonyms: bowed - of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow |
2. | plucked - having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose" |