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picking

[ pik-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that picks.
  2. something that is or may be picked or picked up.
  3. the amount picked.
  4. pickings,
    1. scraps or gleanings:

      the pickings of a feast.

    2. profits or gains; spoils.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of picking1

before 900; Middle English; Old English picung (once) a mark made by picking; pick 1, -ing 1
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So things like "hand flapping or rocking or skin picking, but also sticking to repeated routines, like eating the same food every day."

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Five days on, he is still picking the up the pieces.

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I can make anybody look terrible if I wanted to, by just picking the wrong takes and giving them an over-the-top direction, or giving them bad direction, or shooting them incorrectly.

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Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has stepped up to the task, performing when it matters and picking up the Player of the Match award in their title-winning match against Manchester United.

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The NYC-DSA, often cautious in picking its electoral battles, voted overwhelmingly to endorse Mamdani for mayor last year in the face of seemingly long odds.

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