Definitions for "Pick"
Keywords:  weft, shuttle, warp, loom, thread
A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute;
a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
An intentional or unintentional block (like basketball) where a player gets between you and the plyer you are covering
A game where no team is favorite. PK means a game is PICK'EM. Basketball and Football: They both use point spreads and the over/under. Baseball: It uses the money line for odds. Hockey: combines both a point spread and the money line. For example: Boston + 1.½ (+125) at Ottawa -1.½ (-145) Ottawa is favored by 1 ½ goals If you bet $145 on Ottawa, you would win $100 if Ottawa wins by two goal or more. If you bet $100 on Boston, you would win $125 if Boston won or lost by one goal.
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An illegal method of repositioning defensive personnel. See "Rub". An uncovered lineman blocking away from his area on a passing play.
To block a defensive player while standing still, enabling a team-mate on offence to evade the defender; also known as "screen" or “block”.
Blocking the path of a defender so he/she cannot follow his/her check.
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
This term describes almost ANY object used to cause the strings to sound. I've seen people use anything from fingers, to plastic picks, to coins, to drumsticks (!) to strike their strings.
a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Keywords:  sharp, loosen, spike, tool, roadmakers
To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used for digging ino the ground by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
Keywords:  coping, stalls, pegs, bike, tire
In BMX, when a rider balances one part of his bike on the coping of an obstacle and stalls momentarily. Usually occurs using the front tire or front, back or both pegs.
Where a rider balances one part of his bike on their coping, stalling for a moment before returning to the ramp. Usually involves stalling on the front tire (Nose) or either front or back or both pegs.
Keywords:  pilfer, rob, steal, pockets
To steal; to pilfer.
pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
the lifting or release of material from the paper surface during printing
the lifting of small clumps of fibers and flakes from the paper while printing (more bothersome in offset printing than letterpress.
The lifting of small clumps of fibres or flakes by the printing inks from the surface of the paper during the printing process.
To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"
Keywords:  winners, select, carefully, alai, mayor
To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.
To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick; in cat breeding, the owner of a stud gets the pick of the litter.
Keywords:  batsman, bowler, bowled, googly, didn't
In batting, refers to the ability of the batsman to visually observe the type of delivery about to be bowled by a bowler. In bowling, refers to a method adopted by bowlers to lift the seam of a cricket ball to gain an unfair advantage (cheat).
v.t. (of a batsman) to perceive the particular type of ball being bowled by a bowler who changes his delivery action, by noting the position of the hand and arm as the bowler releases the ball. The batsman didn't pick that googly, and it almost bowled him.
A good defensive play by an infielder on a ground ball. Also a shortened version of "pick-off."
Create a copy of value number M, replacing M on the stack. Value number 0 is the value immediately below the PICK index. !!! WARNING !!! - This '83 version of PICK differs from old standard versions of PICK. In old versions, the top value was value number 1 not 0 . Please see the MULTISTANDARDS facility for access to different versions of PICK . The following code shows the equivalent of doing a DUP. OLD WAY vs NEW WAY 1 PICK 0 PICK Standards: '79 '83 33 45 66 87 2 PICK . ( print 45 ) Related Words: RPICK XPICK ROT
Keywords:  chop, see
Same as chop.
See chop.
remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
Small picks are used to remove delicate items from an archaeological unit. For example, animal bones or human bones are very fragile and should be removed by picking around them and then brushing them off with a light paintbrush before removing. Old dental picks are very useful tools to archaeologists. Toothbrushes as well - can you think why
Keywords:  peck, prick, beak, pencil, goose
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.
To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
Keywords:  topspin, backspin, paddle, hit, lightly
A shot used to turn the opponent's backspin into topspin, effected by using a hitting motion parallel to the table top with an open paddle.
hit lightly with a picking motion
Keywords:  shiv, homemade, shank, sticker, knife
Homemade Knife (or Shank, Shiv, Sticker).
Keywords:  quarrel, provoke, fight
provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
Keywords:  plectrum, see
See Plectrum
Keywords:  pik, penis
pik penis
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the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
Keywords:  bust, lately
a bust lately
Keywords:  mushrooms, rags, esp, gather, bring
To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
Keywords:  pdr, rod, early, originally, standard
Standard term for a PDR rod. Originally from the term pick and file from the early 1900's
To search for visuals in a scene, given a 2-D coordinate in a viewport.
harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
Keywords:  flock, chosen, best, first
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
Keywords:  pivot, table
Keywords:  burden, tab, foot, something, bill
pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
Keywords:  rocky, ice, attack, ground, open
attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
Keywords:  runner, holes, ability
the ability to pick holes as a runner.
Keywords:  trim
To trim.
Keywords:  throw, pitch
To throw; to pitch.
Keywords:  cream, england, war, killed, things
the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
A situation where one of the following occurs: An incoming call is answered by a party at a directory number that is different from the directory number of the party being alerted. A held call is retrieved from hold by a party at a directory number that is different from the directory number at which the call is being held.
Keywords:  shelf, take, items, off
To take items off the shelf.
Keywords:  highlight, enables, look, feature, text
This feature enables users to highlight a word in text and look up that word within the product.
Keywords:  lock, wire, open
To open (a lock) as by a wire.
Keywords:  listed, individual
a listed individual.