Picker

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One who picks, culls, collects, or gathers: as, a rag-picker; a hop-picker.
  • noun. The workman who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
  • noun. A tool or apparatus used in different manufacturing processes involving picking of some sort.
  • noun. One who or that which steals; a pilferer.
  • noun. A young cod, Gadus morrhua, too small to swallow bait.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax.
  • noun. A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.
  • noun. The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.
  • noun. A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
  • noun. Any user interface control that selects something.
  • noun. A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
  • noun. The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
  • noun. A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
  • noun. A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
  • noun. a person who chooses or selects out
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    bicker  bricker  clicker  dicker  flicker  
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    blocker  cobbler  daiquiri  flan  golfer  
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