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picker¹
- /ˈpɪkə(ɹ)/
Rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English pikere, pykare, equivalent to pick + -er.
noun pickers
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks. The apple picker climbed the tree.
- A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc. Already at Amazon warehouses, ‘pickers’—the workers who locate purchased items and transport them to the shipping station within the warehouse—are issued a hand-held device that tracks their every move.
- Any user interface control that selects something. date picker
- A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- A pilferer.
Picker²
Rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Various origins:
* From picker, an English occupational surname for someone who used a pick.
* Borrowed from German Picker, an occupational surname for someone who used a pickaxe.
* Borrowed from Dutch Picker, an occupational surname for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower.
* Jewish Ashkenazi nickname for a glutton, from Yiddish פּיקן (pikn, “to peck”).
proper noun Pickers · Pickar
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: switch, shifter, dial, select, selector, selection, chooser, dip, paddle, knob, selecting, selectors, handpicker, picker-upperer, picker-upper, cherry picker
Translations
Talk about this word "picker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/picker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. picker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/picker "picker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/picker.Cite this
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title = {picker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picker},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
