first pick

noun

1

: the opportunity to choose first

The girls got to choose their partners, and she got (the) first pick.

2

: the person or thing that is chosen ahead of all others

She was their first pick for the lead role in the play.

Examples of first pick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most often that’s the third round, which would allow the team drafting 12th to get the first pick of that round and progress back up to the team that picked first overall. — Sports Betting, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

The first pick of the second round caught seven passes for 63 yards on his three drives, including two impressive catches on the TD drive. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Cunningham went 13th overall (first pick of the second round) to the Phoenix Mercury in 2019. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

The first pick of the WPBL draft by the San Francisco Firebells, the 28-year-old from San Diego, California, grew up playing Little League Baseball and Pony Baseball, and then played on her high school team. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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