(art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
(baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
(baseball) A pickoff.
(basketball) A screen.
(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
(nautical, slang) An anchor.
(obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
(printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet.
(weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
A choice; ability to choose.
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
verb
(American football, informal) To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
(basketball) To screen.
(cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
(dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
(music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
(obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
(transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
(transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
To steal; to pilfer.
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
