picker¹ Definition
picker (pik′ər)
noun
a person or thing that picks; specif.,
- ☆ Informal a musician who plays guitar, banjo, etc., esp. in country music
- a machine for picking fibers
picker² Definition
picker (pik′ər)
picker Telecom Definition
picker Usage Examples
Converse of object
- litter: We will be given gloves and litter pickers to help us and we have a lot of fun on the way.
- employ: Would it not be far better to employ more litter pickers who are actually needed rather than waste rate payers money?
- use: They will also help with clearing litter, using litter pickers.
- give: These volunteers were given litter pickers, a reflective jacket to wear if they wished and a risk assessment of the job.
- have: I have 400 pickers that move around on the Vineyard.
- require: UK Daily Paid Casual Fruit pickers required at times from early June to the end of September.
Adjective modifier
- cherry: A team of six worked on the cladding installation, using cherry pickers to position the panels.
- strawberry: There are usually vacancies for strawberry pickers each summer along the south east coast.
- Chinese: The tragic deaths of the Chinese cockle pickers have shed light on a dark corner our economy.
- top: Sammy tells me that Ronnie is also a top notch banjo picker ( currently with Lynn Morris ) and an accomplished mandolinist.
- great: Let me also reiterate that this book will not help you become a great stock picker or be a good fund manager.
- good: By 1840 a good picker could earn around 1s 6d per day.
Modifies a noun
- control: There's a similar subtle artifact on the option picker control at the bottom left.
- button: You can highlight the affected cells that will be affected by clicking the Range picker button beside the Cells box.
Noun used with modifier
- cockle: The tragic deaths of the Chinese cockle pickers have shed light on a dark corner our economy.
- winkle: Being the sixties, the fashion of the day were winkle pickers, shoes or boots where the front ended in a sharp point.
- banjo: MANY OF OUR READERS won't be familiar with Bluegrass banjo picker Alan Munde, who will be touring the UK in June.
- litter: Between times the litter pickers perform a valuable service in keeping things tidy.
- bluegrass: He is still one of the hottest bluegrass guitar pickers around.
- rag: I am helping coordinate the women rag pickers here.
Browse dictionary entries near picker
- ‹ Pickens,T(homas) Boone,Jr
- ‹ Pickens,T
- ‹ picked
- ‹ pickax
- ‹ pickaninny
- ‹ pickaback
- ‹ pick up
- ‹ Pick's disease
- ‹ pick out
- ‹ pick one's way

