picker

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pick [1] ► VERB 1) (often pick up) take hold of and move. 2) remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing. 3) choose from a number of alternatives. 4) remove unwanted matter from (one's nose or teeth) with a finger or a pointed instrument.

► NOUN 1) an act of selecting something. 2) (the pick of) informal the best person or thing in a particular group.

● pick and choose — Cf. ↑pick and choose

● pick at — Cf. ↑pick at

● pick someone's brains — Cf. ↑pick someone's brains

● pick a fight — Cf. ↑pick a fight

● pick holes in — Cf. ↑pick holes in

● pick a lock — Cf. ↑pick a lock

● pick off — Cf. ↑pick off

● pick on — Cf. ↑pick on

● pick out — Cf. ↑pick out

● pick over (or pick through) — Cf. ↑pick through

● pick someone's pockets — Cf. ↑pick someone's pockets

● pick up — Cf. ↑pick up

● pick one's way — Cf. ↑pick one's way

DERIVATIVES picker noun.

ORIGIN of unknown origin.

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pick [2] (also pickaxe) ► NOUN 1) a tool consisting of a curved iron bar with one or both ends pointed, mounted at right angles to its handle, used for breaking up hard ground or rock. 2) a plectrum.

ORIGIN variant of PIKE(Cf. ↑pike).