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  • 81Pick 6 — This article relates to the horse racing wager. For the New Jersey lottery game, click here. In American football, a pick 6 can also refer to an interception that is returned for a touchdown. A pick 6 is a type of wager offered by horse racing… …

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  • 82pick — I. verb Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Old English *pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); partly from Middle French piquer to prick more at pike Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to pierce, penetrate, or break up with a …

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  • 83pick — I n. tool for breaking an ice pick II n. (colloq.) selection to take one s pick III v. 1) (C) ( to select ) pick a nice melon for me; or: pick me a nice melon 2) (d; intr.) to pick at ( to eat sparingly ) (to pick at one s food) 3) (D; tr.) ( to… …

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  • 84pick — {{11}}pick (n.1) c.1300, pyk pikestaff, variant of PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2). Pic pickaxe is attested from mid 14c. {{12}}pick (n.2) in various senses derived from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.): That of plectrum for a guitar, lute, etc. is …

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  • 85pick — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + PICK ▪ have ▪ She had her pick of the single men. ▪ take ▪ Which do you want? Take your pick. PHRASES ▪ …

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  • 86pick up on — phrasal 1. a. : understand : appreciate b. : to become aware of : notice 2. : to adopt as one s own * * * pick up on [phrasal verb] 1 pick up …

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  • 87pick — 1. verb 1) picking apples Syn: harvest, gather (in), collect, pluck 2) pick a time that suits you Syn: choose, select, single out, opt for, plump for, elect, decide on …

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  • 88Pick — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour les articles homophones, voir PIC et Pique. Patronyme Arnold Pick (1851 1924), neurologiste et psychiatre tchécoslovaque d origine germano… …

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  • 89pick — 1. verb 1) I got a job picking apples Syn: harvest, gather (in), collect, pluck; literary cull 2) pick the time that suits you best Syn: choose, select, pick out, single out, take, opt for, elect …

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  • 90pick — I v 1. choose, select, handpick, pick out, single out; decide upon, determine upon, settle upon, fix upon; make up one s mind, make one s choice, make a selection, opt, opt for; sift, sift out, sieve out, screen, screen out, sort, sort out,… …

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