picker
pronunciation
How to pronounce picker in British English:
UK [ˈpɪkə(r)]
How to pronounce picker in American English:
US ['pɪkər]
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- Noun:
- a person who chooses or selects out
- someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
Word Origin
- picker (n.)
- 1520s, "one who steals;" literal use "one who picks" is from 1660s; agent noun from pick (v.). From 1923 as "one who plays the banjo." Picker-upper attested from 1936.
Example
- 1. And rulers even empowered with color picker .
- 2. Provide users with a picker table so they can select a choice from a menu instead .
- 3. He was a fruit picker who paid mother with six bushels of fresh peaches .
- 4. And even if this does turn out to be a stock picker 's market , what makes you think your broker is the stock picker in question ?
- 5. Now , the 42-year-old stock picker controls more money than he did before he closed his hedge funds .