Pluck
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pull something sharply; to pull something out To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc. To remove feathers from a bird. To rob, fleece, steal forcibly To play a string instrument pizzicato To pull or twitch sharply
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An instance of plucking The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals. Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
Example sentence: All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.
Hook
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing.Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhookA loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. g and j.A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play.Removal or expulsion from a group or activity.A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height.A curveball.A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily.A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fadeA basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot.A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc.A jack (the playing card)
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To attach a hook to.To catch with a hook (hook a fish).To connect (hook into, hook together).hook up: To meet.hook up: To have sexual intercourse with.(Usually in passive) To make addicted (I'm hooked).To play a hook shot.To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player)To engage in prostitution.
Example sentence: Once I set my mind towards something, it's going to happen. By hook or by crook.