pick
- Noun. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- Noun. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- Noun. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- Noun. (US) A choice.
- Noun. (basketball) A screen.
- Noun. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- Noun. (American football) An interception.
- Noun. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
- Noun. (baseball) Short for pick-off.
- Noun. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- Verb. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- Verb. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- Verb. To decide between options.
- Verb. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- Verb. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
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