handpick

hand·pick

verb \ˈhan(d)-ˈpik\

Definition of HANDPICK

transitive verb

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

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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