PICKER

picker

(noun) someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

picker, chooser, selector

(noun) a person who chooses or selects out

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

picker (plural pickers)

Agent noun of pick; one who picks.

(computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.

(engineering) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.

(weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.

(military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.

(slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.

(historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.

(archaic) A pilferer.

Hyponyms

• cherry picker

• file picker

• hop picker

Anagrams

• repick, ripeck

Proper noun

Picker (plural Pickers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picker is the 29581^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 797 individuals. Picker is most common among White (95.11%) individuals.

Anagrams

• repick, ripeck

Source: Wiktionary

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Pick"er, n. Etym: [From Pick.]

1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.

2. (Mach.)

Definition: A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

3. (Weaving)

Definition: The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

4. (Ordnance)

Definition: A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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