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ragpicking

ragpicking is the present participle and gerund of ragpick.

Meaning of ragpick

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To scavenge through refuse.

Noun

ragpicking (uncountable)

  1. The work of a ragpicker.
    Synonyms:
    ragsorting

Synonyms of ragpicking

Questions about ragpicking

What does ragpicking mean?
Ragpicking means the work of a ragpicker.
What is ragpicking the present participle and gerund of?
Ragpicking is the present participle and gerund of ragpick.
What part of speech is ragpicking?
Ragpicking is a noun.

Words near ragpicking in the dictionary

  1. ragoûts
  2. ragpick
  3. ragpicked
  4. ragpicker
  5. ragpickers
  6. ragpicking
  7. ragpicks
  8. rags
  9. rags and tatters
  10. rags off
  11. rags on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ragpicking (page history and authors); ragpick (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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