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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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Word 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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Broadcasts have depicted rescue crews picking through the rubble of destroyed buildings to extricate survivors in cities mostly untouched in previous bouts of violence, such as Tel Aviv.

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"We're confident he can return to his best and that's why we keep picking him. And at what point do we stop picking him?"

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Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino, who oversaw raids that included picking people up at Home Depot and stopping them on the highway, has emerged as a key figure in L.A.

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The woman, an undocumented migrant from Mexico, has been picking berries in Oxnard, California since arriving in the US two years ago.

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And Ireland's Shane Lowry closed on 17 over par, which featured a penalty shot after picking up his ball without marking it on the 14th green.

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