Verb (1)pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner
I pick you as my partner
he seems to be trying to pick a fight
still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food
continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp Noun (1)
that team is my pick to win the Super Bowl
the pick of the contestants will go on to the next competition
you have first pick of your office mates for the softball team
in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
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Even Fitzpatrick, who returned to Miami in late June after the Pittsburgh Steelers dealt him in exchange for Jonnu Smith, Jalen Ramsey and a pick swap, can feel the weight of what was about to happen.—Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025 During peak free agency in the spring, Wentz was considered a potential veteran backup to McCarthy, but the Vikings instead opted to acquire Howell for a sixth-round pick swap in next year's draft with the Seattle Seahawks.—Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
The problem of always being on and willing to do better
In his second year of medical school, Ehrenfeld recalled being at an operating table with particularly sharp corners and stooping down to pick something up.—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025 That’s what makes this seemingly typical annual event — picking new movies to look forward to — so fun and so imprecise.—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pick
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick — more at pike
Noun (2)
Middle English pik
Verb (2)
Middle English pykken to pitch (a tent); akin to Middle English picchen to pitch
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