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picking

pick·ing
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pik-ing]
    • /ˈpɪk ɪŋ/
    • /pɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pik-ing]
    • /ˈpɪk ɪŋ/

Definitions of picking word

  • noun picking (in a loom) one passage of the shuttle. 1
  • noun picking filling (def 5). 1
  • verb with object picking to cast (a shuttle). 1
  • verb without object picking to strike with or use a pick or other pointed instrument on something. 1
  • verb without object picking (of birds or other animals) to take up small bits of food with the bill or teeth: The hens were busily picking about in their coop. 1
  • verb without object picking to select carefully or fastidiously. 1
See all 21 definitions of picking

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Origin of picking

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English picung (once) a mark made by picking; see pick1, -ing1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Picking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Picking

picking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

picking usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for picking

noun picking

  • choosing — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
  • druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
All 2 Synonyms of picking

Related words

  • pick

    to cast (a shuttle).

  • corn picker

    a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.

  • appleknocker

    Northern U.S. a rustic.

  • apsyrtus

    a son of Aeëtes, killed by his sister Medea, who, while fleeing with Jason, threw pieces of her brother's body into the sea so that her father, in pursuing her, might be delayed while picking them up.

  • brass ring

    great success or a highly valued prize; also, an opportunity for this

  • cinder patch

    a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
All related words to picking

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