plucky Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; it was a gutsy thing to do"
    gutsy.
    • you have to admire her
    • the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith Crist
    • a gutsy red wine
  2. adjective satellite showing courage
    spunky; feisty.
    • the champion is faced with a feisty challenger

WordNet

Pluck"y adjective
Wordforms
comparative Pluckier ; superlative Pluckiest
Definitions
  1. Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
    If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. Barham.

Webster 1913