picks
What you chose
Picks is the third-person singular of pick, meaning to select or choose: She picks the ripest tomatoes.
To pick is also to pluck or gather: picking berries, picking flowers.
You pick at something by pulling at it repeatedly.
A pick is a pointed tool for breaking hard surfaces, or a thin piece of plastic or bone for plucking guitar strings.
Picks can also mean selections or choices: These are my picks for the playoffs.
String-plucking implement
- strummingSweeping across guitar strings
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
bass · acoustic · electric · fingerstyle · flatpick · fretboard · pickguard · luthier
Act of selecting
- decisionSettled course of action
- optionAvailable course of action
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- selectionChosen item or items
alternative · assortment · variety · array · range · favorites · shortlist · curation
Metal-bearing rock
- excavationAct of unearthing
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- pickaxePointed digging implement
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
gold · silver · copper · minerals · prospector · tunnel · underground · quarry
Fruit tree plantation
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- reapingCutting crops for collection
produce · apple · grape · berry · cotton · fruit · vegetable · bushel
plectrum
String-plucking implement
- strummingSweeping across guitar strings
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
ukulele · bass · acoustic · electric · fingerstyle · flatpick · fretboard · pickguard · luthier · chords
choice
Act of selecting
- decisionSettled course of action
- optionAvailable course of action
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
selection · alternative · assortment · variety · array · range · favorites · shortlist · curation · sampling
ore
Metal-bearing rock
- excavationAct of unearthing
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- pickaxePointed digging implement
coal · gold · silver · copper · minerals · prospector · tunnel · underground · quarry · gemstones
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
reaping · produce · apple · grape · berry · cotton · fruit · vegetable · bushel · basket
auger
Spiral hole-maker
panfish · shanty · shack · sled · tip-up · jigging · spoon · minnow · bait · bucket
dental
Relating to teeth
- flossInterdental cleaning strand
- teethEnamel-covered chewing structures
- interdentalBetween the teeth
wooden · plastic · bamboo · cocktail · appetizer · hors d'oeuvres · olive · garnish · splinter · sliver
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- desirablesmust-haves, essentials, favorites, finds, gems
- selectionsselections, curated, shortlist, longlist, fan favorites
- instrument accessoriesplectrum, flatpick, capos, strings, nylon strings
- instrument gearviolin strings, strings, reeds, mouthpieces, bows
pick, picking, picked, picker, toothpick, pickers, toothpicks, unpicked, handpicked