Meaning of pruck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A soft staccato noise.
   countable, onomatopoeic
2. A collection of items that are attractive but useless.
   Ireland, uncountable

Examples

“The egg drops out of the ovary, is pressed down the tubes toward the uterus. The sound is pruck pruck pruck pruck.”

““Pruck! Pruck!” clucked Mama Nsoso. “We will work tomorrow. Today we will peck and gobble big fat worms.””

“She could hear them chattering above. Pruck, pruck, pruck.”

“Humphrey turned the wagon around, noticing the ravens that lined the road. Pruck, pruck, pruck.”

“We were moochin' some pruck in a Pollock Dock shed, when he crashed to the ground and in minutes was dead.”

“I also knew that when I was back home and lit my own votive candle in the recess of the clay figure, the hollow of its eyes would glow softly like the inscrutable stare of the living creature and I would know again the lure and pull of Patagonia. 'More pruck,' said John as we hurried back to catch Tren 010 to Santiago.”

“Remember that wee shop in Dublin sold the great yellowman? We always bought some forthe train journey home. Look, there's a photo of us all in the station. Laden with pruck.”

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