Pick

Quick meaning: Pick is a noun meaning A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.

Meaning

A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.

More Meanings

1. (nautical, slang) An anchor.
2. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
3. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
4. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
5. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
6. A choice; ability to choose.
7. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.

Example Sentences

so many picks to an inch

France and Russia have the pick of our stables.

Take down my buckler […] and grind the pick on 't.

‘She's all African grass and Brahmans. There's not a blade of native pick left, except on the ridges.’

Word Forms

• picks
• picking
• picked
• pickest
• pickedst
• picketh

Synonyms for pick

Depending on context, synonyms include fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pickax, pickaxe, woof, weft, nibble, pluck.

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