(dentistry) A device that is used to clear away food debris from the mouth, mostly used by people with braces or periodontal problems.

Alternative form of cherry-pick

(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.

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.

(baseball) An instance of throwing out a batter leading off base.

plural of pick-axe