What does picking mean?
Definitions for picking
pick·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word picking.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
pickingnoun
the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
Wiktionary
pickingnoun
A gathering to pick fruit.
We went to a strawberry picking last June.
pickingnoun
Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
pickingnoun
Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Picking
of Pick
Pickingnoun
the act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick
Pickingnoun
the act of choosing, plucking, or gathering
Pickingnoun
that which is, or may be, picked or gleaned
Pickingnoun
pilfering; also, that which is pilfered
Pickingnoun
the pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks
Pickingnoun
rough sorting of ore
Pickingnoun
overburned bricks
Pickingadjective
done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound
Pickingadjective
nice; careful
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'picking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1936
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of picking in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of picking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of picking in a Sentence
Sanders Press Secretary Symone Sanders:
But no, we don’t have anybody picking off folks.
On the margin, the rise in the participation rate probably slows both the growth rate in wages and the Fed, but the reality is that, generally speaking, wage and price inflation has shown some signs of turning and picking up.
Investor sentiment has shifted from looking at the macro and picking out everything that is negative, to the exact opposite.
I do this because it brings me joy hearing our language spoken and seeing so much beauty in being able to connect with others in such an intimate way, but it goes deeper than that, too. My generation is responsible for picking up the pieces to reclaim our identities, our cultures, and our languages.
I think I learned a lot from that movie in that I spend a lot of time trying to be very thoughtful about the roles that I pick and why I'm picking them, and you're bound to slip up and be like,' That wasn't right for me,' or' That didn't fit perfectly.' There have been a number of roles like that. And then a number of roles that do.
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Translations for picking
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- recolecciónSpanish
- memilihIndonesian
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