picker

[pik-er]

noun

1. someone or something that picks. pick.

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

3. a machine that picks pick 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.

ˈpicker

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of picker¹

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

Example Sentences

Facing a shrinking supply of pickers and rising labor costs, U.S. apple growers have long wanted robotic harvesters.

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I found no statistically significant correlation between its level and the proportion of stock pickers beating the market.

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Amazon has gamified the process so that pickers and loaders can compete against one another using their times as inputs.

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Another plus for stock pickers right now is a dispersion of earnings revision breadth that has climbed into earnings season, they said.

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Badalov, who now works as a seasonal strawberry picker south of London, said he "prefers working in the United Kingdom than in Russia."

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