| icepick | (noun) pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice | Synonyms: ice pick |
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| nitpick | (verb) be overly critical; criticize minor details | - |
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| pick | (noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: choice, option, selection |
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| (noun) a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body | - |
| (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pickax, pickaxe |
| (noun) a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material | - |
| (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, weft, woof |
| (noun) a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | Synonyms: plectron, plectrum |
| (noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: choice, selection |
| (noun) the best people or things in a group | Synonyms: cream |
| (noun) the quantity of a crop that is harvested | Synonyms: picking |
| (verb) remove in small bits | - |
| (verb) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits | Synonyms: clean |
| (verb) select carefully from a group | - |
| (verb) harass with constant criticism | Synonyms: blame, find fault |
| (verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of | Synonyms: nibble, piece |
| (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, peck |
| (verb) look for and gather | Synonyms: cull, pluck |
| (verb) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example | Synonyms: break up |
| (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pluck, plunk |
| (verb) provoke | - |
| (verb) pay for something | Synonyms: foot |
| (verb) pilfer or rob | - |
| spick | (adjective) completely neat and clean | Synonyms: immaculate, speckless, spic-and-span, spic, spick-and-span, spotless |
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| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent | Synonyms: spic, spik |
| toothpick | (noun) pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth | - |
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| unpick | (verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unravel, unscramble, untangle |
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| (verb) undo (the stitches) of (a piece of sewing) | - |