Verb (1)pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
I pick you as my partner
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food
continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp Noun (1)
that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition
you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team
in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
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Noun
Dave Weldon, who was Trump’s pick to run the CDC, didn’t even make it to his hearing, which was also scheduled for last week.—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025 Jones would be my pick to provide balance following his impressive performance against Greece in November, with Rogers and Gibbs-White options off the bench.—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
Chat about your picks during the tournament and see who your friends are picking.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025 Get tickets on StubHub Own your bracket pool with The Athletic
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Strengths: The biggest plus is that USC has JuJu Watkins.—The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick — more at pike
Noun (2)
Middle English pik
Verb (2)
Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch
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