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Word entry · 4 letters

pick

Best crossword clue

"Choose from options"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /pɪk/Part of speech noun, verbSorted cikpStarts with PEnds with K3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To choose, or a selected choice.

Word origin

From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck.

Used in a sentence

  • It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night.
  • Take down my buckler […] and grind the pick on 't.
  • France and Russia have the pick of our stables.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Choose from options4 letters
02Select from options4 letters
03Choose one4 letters

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