picker

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Synonyms: nicker, picket, pecker, piker, ticker, picked, packer, pucker, bicker, kicker, pricker

Antonyms: nicker, picket, pecker, piker, ticker, picked, packer, pucker, bicker, kicker, pricker

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Noun

{{agent noun of|en|pick}}; one who picks.
{{lb|en|computing|graphical user interface}} Any [[user interface]] [[control]] that [[select]]s something.
{{lb|en|engineering}} A [[machine]] for [[pick]]ing [[fibrous]] [[material]]s to pieces so as to [[loosen]] and [[separate]] the [[fibre]].
{{lb|en|weaving}} The piece in a [[loom]] that strikes the end of the [[shuttle]] and [[impel]]s it through the [[warp]].
{{lb|en|military}} A priming wire for cleaning the [[vent]], in [[ordnance]].
{{lb|en|slang|gold panning}} A fragment of [[gold]] smaller than a [[nugget]] but large enough to be [[pick up|picked up]].
{{lb|en|historical}} One who removes [[defect]]s from and [[finish]]es [[electrotype]] [[plate]]s.
{{lb|en|archaic}} A [[pilferer]].

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