picking

noun
/ˈpɪkɪŋ/

A gathering to pick fruit.

Example

“We went to a strawberry picking last June.”

Other meanings

Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
“easy pickings, rich pickings”

Related words

berrypicking
flowerpicking
nitpicking
nutpicking
in-store picking
pallet picking
speech-based picking
store picking
voice picking
warehouse picking
waveless picking
zone-batch picking

Example sentences

“Are you picking up what I'm putting down?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“The winds are picking up speed.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “picking” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.