handpick

hand·pick

transitive verb \ˈhan(d)-ˈpik\

Definition of HANDPICK

1

: to pick by hand as opposed to a machine process

2

: to select personally or for personal ends

Examples of HANDPICK

1. They run a farm where you can handpick fresh strawberries.
2. a box of handpicked strawberries
3. The executive handpicked her successor.

First Known Use of HANDPICK

1831

Related to HANDPICK

Synonyms

cherry-pick, cull, elect, choose, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take

Antonyms

decline, refuse, reject, turn down

Related Words

preselect; appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap; accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; settle (on or upon)

Near Antonyms

disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn; discard, jettison, throw away, throw out

Rhymes with HANDPICK

airsick, big stick, bluetick, bootlick, boychick, brainsick, broomstick, carsick, Chadwick, chick flick, chopstick, cowlick, crabstick, dabchick, deer tick, detick, dik-dik, dipstick, dog tick, drop-kick, drumstick, ear pick, firebrick, fish stick, flagstick, Fosdick, free kick, frog kick, goal kick, goldbrick, greensick, hat trick, hayrick, heartsick, homesick, ice pick, joss stick, joystick, lipstick, lovesick, matchstick, muzhik, nightstick, nitpick, nonstick, nutpick, odd trick, oil slick, Old Nick, outslick, peacenik, pigstick, pinprick, placekick, Prestwick, quick kick, redbrick, Renwick, rubric, salt lick, seasick, self-stick, shashlik, sidekick, slapstick, squib kick, Tajik, toothpick, topkick, unpick, unstick, uptick, wood tick, yardstick