EGAVE

picker

About 0.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Agent noun of pick; one who picks.
    The apple picker climbed the tree.
  2. noun A worker responsible for picking or retrieving ordered items, etc.
  3. noun Any user interface control that selects something.
    date picker
  4. noun A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fibre.
  5. noun The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.
  6. noun A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.
  7. noun A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.
  8. noun One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.

Similar words

switch shifter dial select selector selection chooser dip paddle knob

Often followed by

and dialog in to is of was or who

Word family

pickers

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