picker
(noun) someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
picker, chooser, selector
(noun) a person who chooses or selects out
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• cherry picker
• file picker
• hop picker
• repick, ripeck
Picker (plural Pickers)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picker is the 29581st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 797 individuals. Picker is most common among White (95.11%) individuals.
• repick, ripeck
Source: Wiktionary
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
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
