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The correct spelling is picking.
How to pronounce picking
verb
IPA: /ˈpɪkɪŋ/
Say it like: Pik-ing
The correct spelling is picking. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. For example: "Don't pick at that scab."
Usage Examples
“Don't pick at that scab.”
“It's time to pick the tomatoes.”
“She picked flowers in the meadow.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- 2.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.
- 3.To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- 4.To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- 5.To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
noun
- 1.A gathering to pick fruit.
- 2.(usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- 3.(usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- 4.Something picked or pulled out.
- 5.The act of making a choice; selection.
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