picker
Americannoun
-
someone or something that picks.
-
a special tool or machine for picking fruit, vegetables, etc., from their plants.
-
a machine that picks fibers.
-
a person who gathers fruit, flowers, etc.
-
Slang. a player of a stringed instrument, especially a banjo.
-
Metallurgy. a pointed rod for removing a pattern from a half mold.
noun
-
a person or thing that picks, esp that gathers fruit, crops, etc
-
(in weaving) a person or the part of the loom that casts the shuttle
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of picker
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Joby reported hiring a Sacramento lobbying firm for the first time in July, and one of its lobbyists, Michael Picker, is a former president of the Public Utilities Commission, which regulates taxis and rideshare companies.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2023
“We cannot survive unless we take action. No one wants to do this but it is our responsibility,” said Jean Picker Firstenberg, a CSU trustee.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
He and Picker also have been working to perfect a seldom-used shot from behind home plate.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022
Sacks was intensely reticent, even in the safe company of someone like Picker.
From New York Times • May 25, 2022
Mr. Picker strode to the centre of the stage and, by a simple expedient strangely unthought-of before—by merely pulling away the bucket, separated Gypsy from the candy.
From Missy by Gatlin, Dana
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
