picker

American  

[pik-er] / ˈpɪk ər /

noun

• pickers
  plural

1. someone or something that picks.

2. a special tool or machine for picking fruit, vegetables, etc., from their plants.

3. a machine that picks fibers.

4. a person who gathers fruit, flowers, etc.

5. Slang. a player of a stringed instrument, especially a banjo.

6. Metallurgy. a pointed rod for removing a pattern from a half mold.

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picker British  

/ ˈpɪkə /

noun

1. a person or thing that picks, esp that gathers fruit, crops, etc

2. (in weaving) a person or the part of the loom that casts the shuttle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pickers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of picker

First recorded in 1520–30; pick ¹ + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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“It’s really masking what is a quite obvious correction. If you’re a stock picker, or you own anything besides a few select tech names, it can be a big problem.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

AI cannot make you a better stock picker.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

During one warehouse visit, a picker fulfilled an order of banana chips and chocolate in about 90 seconds, guided by a hand-held device directing her to each shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

Gavin Baker first bet on Elon Musk’s rocket maker in 2015, as a star stock picker at Fidelity Investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

He was a faster picker than either Papa or Mama.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

When the first day of the apple harvest rolled around in Washington State last year, the fruit was ripe and the pickers were ready – but the weather had other ideas.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Even skilled stock pickers are finding that time is working against them, Parker found.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But there are optimists too, such as a man who told us his last name was Zhang, standing alongside potato pickers in a field near the data centres.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Among them: why indexing beats even the most talented stock pickers; the biggest mistake individual investors are making right now, and what a young investor can learn from a lifetime spent studying markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

That time of year, I could even feed myself by sneaking into the orchards and gleaning whatever fruits the pickers missed.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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