Pronunciation spelling of picking.

(chiefly US, music, idiomatic) Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.

present participle of pick

A gathering to pick fruit. / (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

present participle of cherry pick

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.

The harvesting of cotton

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

picky behaviour