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outpick

outpick verb: to surpass in picking; to pick better or faster than.

Verb

outpick (third-person singular simple present outpicks, present participle outpicking, simple past and past participle outpicked)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in picking; to pick better or faster than.
    • […] the strongest people were not necessarily the fastest; men picked cotton, women picked cotton, children as young as ten picked cotton, and occasionally a woman came along who could outpick the men.2013, Sebastian Junger, A Death in Belmont, page 21

Forms of outpick

third-person singular presentoutpicks
present participleoutpicking
past participleoutpicked
pastoutpicked

Origin of outpick

From out- + pick.

Questions about outpick

What does outpick mean?
Outpick means to surpass in picking; to pick better or faster than.
What part of speech is outpick?
Outpick is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpick?
The past tense of outpick is outpicked.

Words near outpick in the dictionary

  1. outperforms
  2. outphotograph
  3. outphotographed
  4. outphotographing
  5. outphotographs
  6. outpick
  7. outpicked
  8. outpicket
  9. outpickets
  10. outpicking
  11. outpicks

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