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nitpicks

nitpicks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nitpick.

Meaning of nitpick

Verb

nitpick (third-person singular simple present nitpicks, present participle nitpicking, simple past and past participle nitpicked)

  1. (figuratively) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
    • Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.
    Synonyms:
    cavil, flyspeck
  2. (archaic, literal) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair.
  3. (archaic, literal) I nitpicked his hair.

See all 4 meanings of nitpick

Questions about nitpicks

What is nitpicks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nitpicks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nitpick.

Words near nitpicks in the dictionary

  1. nitpickiness
  2. nitpicking
  3. nitpickingly
  4. nitpickings
  5. nitpickish
  6. nitpicks
  7. nitpicky
  8. nitr-
  9. nitracaine
  10. nitracline
  11. nitraclines

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nitpicks (page history and authors); nitpick (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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