pick

Examples

• All

• In the offseason, the Hawks had the third pick in the draft.

  Academic text (2014)

• May Anna knew them all because she had her pick of the houses in Butte.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You can have your pick of the other two.

  Shallow Hal (2001)

• Where do you want to go, it's your pick.

  Bloodletting (1997)

• So it's simple, make your picks, win big, collect your cash.

  Trevor Wallace

• There were lots of girls who followed boxing, and Buster could have his pick, and he did.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You could have your pick of any man, and wouldn't have to settle on just one.

  Fiction book (1994)

• They have their pick of the best and bravest in the land...

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• Here are Emily's picks for lip product MVP.

  Emily Noel

• My friend made an excellent pick for the team captain during the meeting.

Synonyms

C

choice

vspick

∞ 1.0

One thing you pick or the act of picking from several things

focuses on the act or thing chosen rather than option count

S

selection

vspick

155 1.8

The person or thing chosen for a specific purpose

is the more casual term for the same act or result

S

selectee

vspick

3 6.7

A person who staff choose for extra security checks at airports

can mean the act of choosing or the thing or person chosen

Antonyms

R

to reject

839 1.9

Refuse to accept someone or something

D

to discard

130 2.7

To throw something away because you no longer want or need it

Idioms

T

to take your pick

19 3.6

Choose any one you want from the options

P

pick of the litter

• Informal

5 3.7

The best or most wanted one in a group, like the strongest puppy

P

to pick one's battles

• Informal

5 5.8

To choose which problems to deal with instead of trying to solve every problem

P

to pick on someone your own size

• Informal

4 6.1

Challenge someone of similar size or strength instead of someone weaker

P

to pick up the gauntlet

• Informal

1 8.6

To accept a challenge and try to meet it

P

to pick up one's marbles and go home

• Informal

1 9.9

To leave a group or activity because you do not get your way

P

to pick up one's marbles

• Informal

9.1

Leave a meeting or project because you are upset

P

to pick oneself up off the floor

• Informal

6.1

To get better after a failure and start again

Compounds

P

pick-me-up

26 4.2

A drink or small activity that makes you feel more energetic when tired

I

ice pick

20 3.5

A metal tool with a sharp point that you use to break blocks of ice

P

pick-off

• Specialized

5 7.5

A play where the pitcher or catcher throws quickly to tag a runner off base

G

guitar pick

4 2.9

A small flat piece for plucking or strumming guitar strings

C

captain's pick

1 5.4

A player chosen by a team's captain to play in a game

H

hoof pick

1 7.9

A small hooked tool to clean mud and stones from a horse's hoof

N

nose-pick

• Offensive

1 8.6

Putting a finger inside your nose or a person who does this

N

Niemann-Pick disease

• Specialized

9.8

A rare disease passed from parents that makes fat build up in the body's cells

P

pick mattock

• Specialized

8.6

A tool with a pointed end and a flat blade for digging and breaking hard soil or rock

P

pick-mattock

• Specialized

8.4

A hand tool with a pointed end and a flat blade for digging and breaking hard rocky soil

P

pick-me girl

• Slur

9.9

A girl who wants men's approval by putting herself or other women down

How Official

to install

• Formal

69 3.9

to appoint

• Formal

580 3.2

to designate

• Formal

124 5.0

to nominate

461 3.4

to select

823 2.5

to choose

∞ 1.0

pick

283 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology