pick at
verb
(intr, preposition) to make criticisms of in a niggling or petty manner
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Words nearby pick at
pick-and-shovel, pickaninny, pick apart, pick a quarrel, pickaroon, pick at, pickax, pickaxe, Pick cell, picked, picked over
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Idioms and Phrases with pick at
pick at
Pluck or pull at, especially with the fingers, as in She was always picking at her skirt with her nails. [1600s]
Eat sparingly and without appetite, as in He was just picking at his dinner. [Late 1500s]
Nag, badger, as in He's picking at me all day long. [Colloquial; second half of 1600s]
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