Picking

Quick meaning: Picking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of pick.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of pick.

More Meanings

1. A gathering to pick fruit.
2. (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
3. (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
4. Something picked or pulled out.
5. The act of making a choice; selection.
6. The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
7. The removal of defects from electrotype plates.

Example Sentences

easy pickings, rich pickings

We went to a strawberry picking last June.

The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.

He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.

Word Forms

• pickings

Synonyms for picking

Depending on context, synonyms include leftovers, booty, pick, taking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include taking, berry, crop, harvesting, harvest, samphire.

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