The selection of desirable items and rejection of undesirable ones in order to obtain an advantage or present something in the best possible light.

(chiefly uncountable) Insertion of one's finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus. / (countable) A piece of mucus extracted from the nose using one's finger.

(idiomatic) The best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.

(usually with with) A disagreeable matter to settle with somebody.

The harvesting of cotton

(US, dialectal, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.

Alternative form of handpicked

simple past tense and past participle of hand-pick

(music) When an acoustic guitar player makes the sound of strings strung with a pick distinguishable in their music.

(literally) To remove by picking. / To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one. / To shoot one by one.