What does picking mean?
Picking means present participle and gerund of pick.
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/ˈpɪkɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of pick.
We went to a strawberry picking last June.
Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.
easy pickings, rich pickings
He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.
The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.
Use picking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Picking means present participle and gerund of pick.
Common synonyms include leftovers, booty, pick, taking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We went to a strawberry picking last June.
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