picking
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picking
- /ˈpɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪkɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of pick
noun pickings
- A gathering to pick fruit. We went to a strawberry picking last June.
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Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.
Similar: leftovers
- Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner. easy pickings, rich pickings
- Something picked or pulled out. The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
Similar: booty
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: taking, berry, crop, harvesting, harvest, samphire, nit, oakum, scratching, plucking, pick-up, gathering, collection, collect, stockpiling, collecting
noun
Similar: booty
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title = {picking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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