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ragpick

/ˈɹæɡpɪk/

ragpick verb: to scavenge through refuse.

Verb

ragpick (third-person singular simple present ragpicks, present participle ragpicking, simple past and past participle ragpicked)

  1. (intransitive) To scavenge through refuse.

Forms of ragpick

third-person singular presentragpicks
present participleragpicking
past participleragpicked
pastragpicked

Origin of ragpick

Back-formation from ragpicking.

Questions about ragpick

What does ragpick mean?
Ragpick means to scavenge through refuse.
What part of speech is ragpick?
Ragpick is a verb.
How do you pronounce ragpick?
Ragpick is pronounced /ˈɹæɡpɪk/.
What is the past tense of ragpick?
The past tense of ragpick is ragpicked.

Words near ragpick in the dictionary

  1. ragouts
  2. ragoût
  3. ragoûted
  4. ragoûting
  5. ragoûts
  6. ragpick
  7. ragpicked
  8. ragpicker
  9. ragpickers
  10. ragpicking
  11. ragpicks

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