Pronunciation spelling of picking.

(chiefly US, music, idiomatic) Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.

picky behaviour

plural of picking

The harvesting of cotton

(US, dialectal, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.

present participle of pick

A gathering to pick fruit. / (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

(chiefly uncountable) Insertion of one's finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus. / (countable) A piece of mucus extracted from the nose using one's finger.

present participle of cherry pick