Definitions for picking
pick·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. picking, picknoun

   the quantity of a crop that is harvested

   "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"

2. pickingnoun

   the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pickingnoun

   A gathering to pick fruit.

   We went to a strawberry picking last June.

2. pickingnoun

   Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

3. pickingnoun

   Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. picking

   Picking refers to the act of selecting or choosing items from a group or a variety of options. This can apply to various contexts, such as picking fruit from a tree, picking a person for a team, or picking a specific item from a collection of clothes, among other possibilities. The process usually involves making a decision based on preference, suitability, or requirement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Picking

   of Pick

2. Pickingnoun

   the act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick

3. Pickingnoun

   the act of choosing, plucking, or gathering

4. Pickingnoun

   that which is, or may be, picked or gleaned

5. Pickingnoun

   pilfering; also, that which is pilfered

6. Pickingnoun

   the pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks

7. Pickingnoun

   rough sorting of ore

8. Pickingnoun

   overburned bricks

9. Pickingadjective

   done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound

10. Pickingadjective

    nice; careful

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PICKING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Picking is ranked #47521 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Picking surname appeared 446 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Picking.
   
   88.7% or 396 total occurrences were White.
   4.9% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.4% or 20 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Manual Labor
   • Output

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'picking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1936

How to pronounce picking?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say picking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of picking in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of picking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of picking in a Sentence

1. Sheldon Whitehouse:

   There is a long, unpleasant American tradition of agencies being taken over by virtue of picking the members. It's called agency capture or regulatory capture. my concern is that the picking of the justices has been handed to special interests.

2. Muslims Barnette:

   I believe the Republican Party has the best story. ... We keep picking people who suck at telling our story. We do, we keep picking the same old, same old people, thinking we are going to get a different result.

3. Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures:

   Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

4. Julie Montagu:

   We know that she hasn't been able to make all of the engagements that I think everybody expected her to make for the platinum jubilee, she's kind of picking and choosing. I do think she's kind of picking the ones that she also really wants to go to.

5. Alvin Toffler:

   Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

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