as in brave
informal
having or showing a lot of courage or determination
A plucky young man who never gave up on his dream.
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Recent Examples of plucky
The film follows an Anna Wintour-like fashion media mogul (Meryl Streep) who tests the grit of a plucky young assistant (Anne Hathaway), who gets by with a little help from friends like Nigel, the fictional magazine's witty art director.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
His plucky nickname—born from the ‘Loosey-goosey’ rhyme and shared with his father—is less of a hand-me-down and more of a savvy branding decision.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
This special broadcast, which has been mostly lost to the sands of time, featured text bubbles that would flash on the screen each time East High Drama Club co-president Ryan Evans or plucky teen pianist Kelsi Nielsen donned a new hat, tallying the numbers to reveal an eventual victor.
—Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The series follows nine-year-old Pippi, a plucky girl with a pair of quirky plaits who moves to a Swedish village following the death of her parents.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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This is another stark reminder of the selfless sacrifice of our brave military men and women who risk their lives around the world every day to keep us safe.—
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Malavasi, whose story is little known outside Reggio Emilia, is one of four brave heroines featured in historian Suzanne Cope’s new book, Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.—
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His stage name, combining the loyal, strong, and courageous Hindu god Hanuman with the rest of mankind, gives a sense of how lofty his ambitions for his music are.—
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The courageous, notoriously hard-working star was there to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dollywood.—
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Bree Hall, Sania Feagin and Raven Johnson are valiant seniors who play fearlessly after winning it all twice in three years.—
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Minutes from an upset of top-seed Florida, the reigning back-to-back national champions saw their record-long 13-game NCAA Tournament winning streak come to an end after a valiant effort at the Lenovo Center Sunday afternoon, the final score 77-75.—
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In her public appearances and on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has become a symbol of fearless resistance to the Trump administration’s bullying.—
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The eclectic evening highlighted what is at the core of both Mosshart's artistry and Lotan's design ethos: fearless self-expression.—
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Despite Donald Trump‘s growing chokehold on the Kennedy Center, Conan O’Brien was determined to fill the venue with laughs.—
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Flay and their team were determined to change that.—
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An elaborate ideology confers legitimacy upon the Kim family: according to the country’s founding myth, Kim Il Sung led a gallant band of guerilla fighters in the bitter winds of Manchuria to defeat the Japanese, liberate the Korean people, and establish the North Korean state.—
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In stereotypical movies, the gallant hero saves the damsel through daring, dramatic action.—
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The letter offers a resolute response to Ballal’s treatment unlike the one signed by Yang and Kramer.—
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There is plenty of good sense in the EU taking a resolute stand.—
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For as long as humans have been telling stories, their heroic protagonists have chased after the Fountain of Youth, a mythical site that could reverse the effects of aging and death.—
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But without the animating spirit of Rickey's Christian faith, the Dodger standout's heroic journey would not have been possible.—
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plucky. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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