picking

picking
n
1. intake, harvest, gleaning, crop, fruit; gathering, winnowing, winnows, fall, drops, windfall.
2. pickings
scraps, remains, leavings, leftovers, dregs; orts, remainder, residue, residuum; sweepings, debris, fragments; remnants, fag ends, bits and pieces, odds and ends; castoffs, castaways, rejects, discards.
3. pickings
spoils, booty, loot, plunder, stealings, steal, ill-gotten gains, pilferage, Inf. grab, Inf. take, Inf. haul, Inf. swag; stolen goods, Sl. hot goods, Sl. boodle.
4. profits, earnings, emolument, perquisites, Inf. perks; return, returns, profits, receipts, proceeds, gains, gain, income.

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  • Picking — Pick ing, a. 1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound. [1913 Webster] 2. Nice; careful. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] was too warm on picking work to dwell. Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Picking peg}. (Weaving) See {Picker}, n., 3. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Picking — Pick ing, n. 1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. [1913 Webster] 4. Pilfering; also, that which is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • picking — [pik′iŋ] n. 1. the act of a person who picks 2. [usually pl.] something that is or may be picked, or the amount of this; specif., a) small scraps or remains that may be gleaned b) something got by effort, often in a dishonest way; returns or… …   English World dictionary

  • picking — /ˈpɪkɪŋ/ (say piking) noun 1. the act of someone or something that picks. 2. that which is or may be picked or picked up. 3. the amount picked. 4. (plural) things, portions, or scraps remaining and worth picking up or appropriating: *And the… …  

  • Picking — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • picking — noun 1. the quantity of a crop that is harvested he sent the first picking of berries to the market it was the biggest peach pick in years • Syn: ↑pick • Derivationally related forms: ↑pick (for: ↑pick) …   Useful english dictionary

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