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
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 29581st 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
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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