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View synonyms for picking

picking

[ pik-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that picks.
  2. something that is or may be picked or picked up.
  3. the amount picked.
  4. pickings,
    1. scraps or gleanings:

      the pickings of a feast.

    2. profits or gains; spoils.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of picking1

before 900; Middle English; Old English picung (once) a mark made by picking; pick 1, -ing 1
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Example Sentences

The researchers suspected they’d be more willing to ask sensitive questions if the respondents thought the computer had done the picking.

At the core of these issues is the fundamental problem of the shaky economics of same-day and online grocery delivery businesses, with small margin items and additional costs associated with picking, labor and cold food storage.

I wanted to buy an electric vehicle back then, too, but the pickings were slim.

Matthews said that the arm would potentially enable Ocado to automate the sorting and picking of a wide range of items, including very delicate ones such as fruit, which is difficult for most robots to handle without bruising or damaging it.

From Fortune

Apple harvesting season started in late July, but there are still several varieties that are ripe for the picking well into October.

A fire that he insists is only picking up pace, according to top-secret intelligence briefings.

Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”

The truth is that Judd is really just picking an arbitrary number since there is no script.

Picking up cans and bags out of the bin and throwing them back, over and over.

More mainstream media, like USA Today and TV Guide, begin picking up the Buress story.

She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.

Wonder if he's any relation to the man who pricked his fingers picking pickled peppers!

(Picking up a book and settling himself comfortably in front of the fire) Tommy, if you can't find a book, sing or something.

"Come and get a clean towel," said Jess, who noticed that Benny was already "picking into" his own mouth.

They walked along the track, picking out a church steeple here and there, forgetting for a moment the object of their search.

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