picker
See also: Picker
English
Etymology
From Middle English pikere, pykare, equivalent to pick + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
picker (plural pickers)
- Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
- The apple picker climbed the tree.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
- 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 13:
- I have observed that there are only two types of eaters in this world - pickers and wolfers.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.
- a date picker; a file picker
- (engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
- (weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
- (military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
- (slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
- (historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.
- (archaic) A pilferer.
Hyponyms
Translations
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- Bulgarian: берач m (berač)
- Finnish: poimija (fi)
- French: cueilleur (fr) m, glaneur (fr) m, glaneuse (fr) f
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Norman: tchilieux m (of fruit)
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- Finnish: valitsin (fi)
- (deprecated template usage)
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- French: sélecteur (fr) m
- Portuguese: seletor m
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
picker n (plural pickere)
- picker (machine)
Declension
Declension of picker
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) picker | pickerul | (niște) pickere | pickerele |
genitive/dative | (unui) picker | pickerului | (unor) pickere | pickerelor |
vocative | pickerule | pickerelor |
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