PICKING
/ˈpɪkɪŋ/
16
Scrabble
20
WWF
P(3) I(1) C(3) K(5) I(1) N(1) G(2)
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Definition
/ˈpɪkɪŋ/
verb
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.“Don't pick at that scab.”
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.“It's time to pick the tomatoes.”
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.“She picked flowers in the meadow.”
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.“to pick rags”
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.“to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket”
noun
- A gathering to pick fruit.“We went to a strawberry picking last June.”
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- Something picked or pulled out.“The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.”
- The act of making a choice; selection.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: PICKING-S
