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The correct spelling is picks.
How to pronounce picks
noun
IPA: /pɪks/
Say it like: Pik-s
The correct spelling is picks. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. For example: "so many picks to an inch"
Usage Examples
“so many picks to an inch”
“Don't pick at that scab.”
“It's time to pick the tomatoes.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- 2.A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- 3.A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- 4.A choice; ability to choose.
- 5.That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
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.
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