pick

1 :  a blow or stroke with a pointed instrument

2a :  the act or privilege of choosing or selecting :  choice take your pickb :  the best or choicest one the pick of the herdc :  one that is picked his pick for vice president

3 :  the portion of a crop gathered at one time the first pick of peaches

4 :  a screen in basketball

5 football :  an intercepted forward pass :  interception … McNabb had his worst game of the year. He threw two picks, fumbled twice, got sacked seven times. — Paul Zimmerman

1 :  a heavy wooden-handled iron or steel tool pointed at one or both ends — compare mattock

2a :  toothpickb :  picklockc :  a small thin piece (as of plastic or metal) used to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument

3 :  one of the points on the forepart of the blade of a skate used in figure skating

4 :  a comb with long widely spaced teeth used to give height to a hairstyle

1 chiefly dialectal :  to throw or thrust with effort :  hurl

2 :  to throw (a shuttle) across the loom

1 dialectal, England a :  the act of pitching or throwingb :  something thrown

2a :  a throw of the shuttleb :  a filling thread

1 :  a heavy tool with a wooden handle and a blade pointed at one or both ends for loosening or breaking up soil or rock

2 :  a slender pointed instrument ice pick

3 :  a thin piece of metal or plastic used to pluck the strings of a musical instrument

4 :  the act or opportunity of choosing I had my pick of flavors.

5 :  ¹choice 3 Who's your pick to win?

6 :  the best ones the pick of the crop