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Look up pick or Pick in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pick may refer to: Pick City, North Dakota, a town in the United States Pick Lake (Cochrane District
Pick
The first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the
List of first overall NBA draft picks
List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks
Israeli singer and model-actress (born 1983)
Pick (born November 21, 1983) is an Israeli singer, model, and actress. She is married to American film writer and director Quentin Tarantino. Pick was
Daniella_Pick
Minor shot to add to previously done footage
In filmmaking, a pick-up is a small, relatively minor shot, filmed or recorded after the fact to augment footage already shot. When entire scenes are redone
Pick-up_(filmmaking)
13th episode of the 4th season of Seinfeld
"The Pick" is the 53rd episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 13th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on December 16, 1992 on NBC. In this
The_Pick
Romantic conversation opener
A pick-up line or chat-up line is a conversation opener with the intent of engaging a person for romance or dating. As overt and sometimes humorous displays
Pick-up_line
National Basketball Association Draft
current NBA consists of 30 teams, and all thirty teams have at least one draft pick throughout the two draft rounds. Historically, the vast majority of players
NBA_draft
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up pickup, pick up, or pick-up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pickup(s), pick-up, or pick up may refer to: Pick-Up (1933 film), a crime film
Pickup
Weapon used during the Middle Ages
The horseman's pick is a weapon of Middle Eastern origin used by cavalry during the Middle Ages in Europe and West Asia. It is a type of war hammer that
Horseman's_pick
2006 film by Liam Lynch
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny is a 2006 American musical fantasy comedy film about comedy rock duo Tenacious D. Written, produced by and starring
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious_D_in_The_Pick_of_Destiny
Specialized food utensil
pick or lobster fork is a long, narrow food utensil used to extract meat from joints, legs, claws, and other small parts of a lobster. Lobster picks are
Lobster_pick
Tool used to break up ice
An ice pick is a pointed metal tool used to break, pick or chip at ice. The design consists of a sharp metal spike attached to a handle. Though traditionally
Ice_pick
Types of dementia involving the frontal or temporal lobes
dementia (FTD), also known as frontotemporal degeneration, and historically as Pick's disease, is a family of neurodegenerative disorders, caused by frontotemporal
Frontotemporal_dementia
Lottery process to determine the order of the NBA draft
winner would get the first selection in the draft. A lottery pick denotes a draft pick whose position is determined through the lottery, while a non-playoff
NBA_draft_lottery
79th edition of the NBA draft
nights. The draft consisted of 59 picks, rather than 60, because the New York Knicks forfeited a second-round pick for a free agency violation in 2022
2025_NBA_draft
English drummer (born 1948)
David "Pick" Withers (born 4 April 1948) is an English drummer. He was the original drummer of the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four
Pick_Withers
Israeli musician and composer (1949–2022)
Svika Pick (Hebrew: צביקה פיק, born Henryk Pick; also Tzvika Pik, Tsvika Pick, Zwika Pick, 3 October 1949 – 14 August 2022) was an Israeli singer, songwriter
Svika_Pick
1968, and 1969. Pick received from New Orleans Saints. Pick received from New York Giants. Pick received from Houston Oilers. Pick received from Baltimore
List of first overall NFL draft picks
List_of_first_overall_NFL_draft_picks
Tool used to play stringed instruments
instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum is often called a pick and is held as a separate tool in the player's hand. Players of lap steel
Plectrum
77th edition of the NBA draft
The draft consisted of 58 picks instead of the typical 60 for the second year in a row due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Chicago Bulls
2023_NBA_draft
78th edition of the NBA draft
The time between second-round picks expanded from two minutes to four. For the third year in a row, the draft had 58 picks instead of the typical 60: both
2024_NBA_draft
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up picking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Picking or Pickings may refer to: Fruit picking Guitar picking, various techniques for playing a guitar
Picking
80th edition of the NBA draft
This will be the first draft since 2021 with 60 picks, as no teams have forfeited second-round draft picks for free agency violations. The first round of
2026_NBA_draft
coalminer. Pick was born in Leicester. He was married to Gene Pick (died 2019) with two children, both sons (Peter Pick and David Pick). Pick received his
John_Pick
Manipulating the components of a lock to unlock it without a key
Lock picking is the practice of unlocking a lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without a key. Although lock-picking can be associated
Lock_picking
Operating system released in 1965
The Pick operating system, also known as the Pick system or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating
Pick_operating_system
T-shaped hand tool used for prying, digging and as a impromptu weapon
A pickaxe (American spelling: pickax), pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for digging. Its head is typically metal, attached perpendicularly
Pickaxe
American business executive (born 1968)
Edward Noel Pick (born October 31, 1968) is an American banker who is the chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley since January 2024 and the company's
Ted_Pick
Surname list
Pick is a surname. People with this surname include: Albert Pick (1922–2015), German numismatist Arnold Pick (1851–1924), Jewish Czech neurologist and
Pick_(surname)
American football play
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending
Interception
Close friend of Anne Frank (1928–2022) and Holocaust survivor
Hannah Elisabeth Pick-Goslar (Hebrew: חנה פיק-גוסלר; born Hanna Elisabeth Goslar; 12 November 1928 – 28 October 2022) was a German-born Israeli nurse and
Hannah_Pick-Goslar
1986 film
52 Pick-Up is a 1986 American neo-noir crime film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, and Vanity. It is based on Elmore
52_Pick-Up
20th-century American singer
Lafayette Parker "Pick" Temple (January 20, 1911 - December 21 1991) was an American cowboy folksinger who starred in The Pick Temple Giant Ranch television
Pick_Temple
Topics referred to by the same term
Pick Me may refer to: PickMe, a taxi-hailing app based in Sri Lanka Pick Me!, a daytime game show from the UK (2015) "Pick Me" (song), a 2015 hit song
Pick_Me
Small stick for cleaning teeth
toothbrushes, and oral irrigators. Dentists generally prefer floss to picks because of possible damages to oral health, specifically to the gum, to
Toothpick
Retailer in South Africa
Pick n Pay (officially Pick n Pay Group Ltd) is a major South African retail chain, headquartered in Cape Town. Founded in 1967, the company operates
Pick_n_Pay
Topics referred to by the same term
Pick 6 may refer to: Pick 6 (horse racing), a wager in which a bettor picks one horse in each of six races Pick 6 (lottery), a game in which six numbers
Pick_6
2006 studio album by Tenacious D
The Pick of Destiny is the second studio album and the soundtrack for the feature film of the same name by American comedy rock band Tenacious D. The album
The_Pick_of_Destiny
Game of physical and mental skill
Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle
Pick-up_sticks
Offensive play in basketball
The pick and roll (also called a ball screen or screen and roll) in basketball is an offensive play in which a player sets a screen (pick) for a teammate
Pick_and_roll
Medical condition
Niemann–Pick disease (NP), also known as acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD), is a group of rare genetic diseases of varying severity. These are inherited
Niemann–Pick_disease
Problem in complex analysis
z_{1},\ldots ,z_{n}} in D {\displaystyle \mathbb {D} } , the Nevanlinna–Pick interpolation problem is to find a holomorphic function φ {\displaystyle
Nevanlinna–Pick_interpolation
75th edition of the draft
overall pick, the Detroit Pistons selected Cade Cunningham. The NBA used a "ceremonial pick" for the late Terrence Clarke, between the 14th and 15th pick of
2021_NBA_draft
North American hockey team selection
pick in 2026 to Tampa Bay in exchange for Mikey Eyssimont, a conditional first-round pick in 2027, Toronto's second-round pick in 2025, and this pick
2026_NHL_entry_draft
2012 murder in Montreal, Canada
boyfriend. On May 25, 2012, an 11-minute video titled "1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick" was uploaded to Best Gore. The video depicts a naked male, later identified
Murder_of_Jun_Lin
American actor
Jake Picking (born 1990 or 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Rock Hudson in the Netflix series Hollywood (2020), created by
Jake_Picking
Basketball player selection
gave teams near the bottom of the NBA draft better odds at the top three picks of the draft while teams higher up had worse odds in the process; the rule
2018_NBA_draft
arrangement, using call pick-up will only pick up a call in the same zone. Call pick-up can be directed. Directed call pick-up is used for picking up a call that
Call_pickup
Special draft choice used in the 1949 Basketball Association of America draft
A territorial pick was a type of special draft choice used in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) draft in 1949 and in the National Basketball
NBA_territorial_pick
76th edition of the draft
first-round pick (No. 18 – Tre Mann), a 2022 first-round pick, Miami's 2023 first-round pick, a 2024 first-round pick, a 2026 first-round pick, and Thunder
2022_NBA_draft
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
Cherry picking, suppressing evidence, or the fallacy of incomplete evidence is the act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a
Cherry_picking
Guitar technique
Pick slide technique example Problems playing this file? See media help. A pick slide or pick scrape is a guitar technique most often performed in the
Pick_slide
Mining symbol
The hammer and pick, rarely referred to as hammer and chisel, is a symbol of mining, often used in heraldry. It can indicate mining, mines (especially
Hammer_and_pick
Basketball player selection
round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers, moved up two spots to get the second overall pick, while Philadelphia moved up to receive the No. 3 pick due to
2017_NBA_draft
Person who practices seductive techniques
psychotherapist Albert Ellis and Roger Conway and the 1970 publication of How to Pick Up Girls! by Eric Weber. These how-to guides encourage men to meet women
Pickup_artist
Gelatinous cable compound
Icky-pick or icky-pic is a gelatinous cable compound used in outdoor-rated communications cables, including both twisted-pair copper cabling and fiber-optic
Icky-pick
Type of curette to clean the ear
Ear picks, also called ear scoops, or ear spoons, or earpicks, are a type of curette used to clean the ear canal of earwax (cerumen). They are preferred
Ear_pick
Type of farm that allows customers to harvest their own crops
A You-Pick ("U-Pick") or Pick-Your-Own (PYO) farm operation is a type of farm gate direct marketing (farm-to-table) strategy where the emphasis is on
You-Pick
Video-game development studio based in Kazakhstan
Ice-Pick Lodge is a Kazakh video game developer based in Almaty, founded in 2002 by Nikolay Dybowski and Ayrat Zakirov. Originally found in Russia, the
Ice-Pick_Lodge
Topics referred to by the same term
Compensatory picks may refer to: MLB Draft Compensatory Picks, picks awarded to Major League Baseball teams NFL Draft Compensatory Picks, picks awarded to
Compensatory_picks
German actor
Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a Romanian-German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films
Lupu_Pick
Hungarian handball club
SC Pick Szeged is a Hungarian professional handball club from Szeged, that plays in the K&H férfi kézilabda liga and the EHF Champions League. The current
SC_Pick_Szeged
Small device used in playing guitar
A guitar pick is a plectrum used for guitars. Picks are generally made of one uniform material, such as some kind of plastic (nylon, Delrin, celluloid)
Guitar_pick
Brief syllable(s) beginning a poem or pickup note(s) in music
introduction. In music, it is also known as a pickup beat, or fractional pick-up, i.e. a note or sequence of notes, a motif, which precedes the first downbeat
Anacrusis
Basketball player selection
the lack of a proper "green room" due to pandemic restrictions. The first pick was made by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who selected Anthony Edwards out
2020_NBA_draft
Subcompact car produced by Renault and its Dacia subsidiary
Dacia Solenza. It has been produced as a sedan, station wagon, and as a pick-up. It has been manufactured at Dacia's automobile plant in Mioveni, Romania
Dacia_Logan
Formula for area of a grid polygon
In geometry, Pick's theorem provides a formula for the area of a simple polygon with integer vertex coordinates, in terms of the number of integer points
Pick's_theorem
Guitar pick company
V-PICKS are hand made guitar picks created in 1980 by guitarist Vinni Smith. By design these guitar picks were unique, being the first picks to originate
V-Picks_Guitar_Picks
American folk song
"Pick a Bale of Cotton" (Roud 10061, sometimes "Pick a Bale o' Cotton") is a traditional American folk song and work song recorded by Texas inmates James
Pick_a_Bale_of_Cotton
Topics referred to by the same term
Pick Lake may refer to: Pick Lake (Cochrane District, Ontario), Canada Pick Lake (Thunder Bay District, Ontario) Toothpick Lake, Ontario, Canada This
Pick_Lake
Handball arena in Hungary
Pick Aréna is an indoor sporting arena located in Szeged, Hungary. It is primarily used as a venue for handball, with the first match taking place between
Pick_Aréna
Austrian mathematician and holocaust victim (1859–1942)
Georg Alexander Pick (10 August 1859 – 26 July 1942) was an Austrian Jewish mathematician who was murdered during The Holocaust. He was born in Vienna
Georg_Alexander_Pick
Basketball player selection
top four picks of the draft this year rose up from at least six spots in the lottery, including the New Orleans Pelicans, who won the first pick with 6
2019_NBA_draft
Former Vocal Quartet
The Picks was an American vocal quartet that backed Buddy Holly and the Crickets' band on nine of the first twelve Crickets releases on Brunswick in 1957
The_Picks
Guitar playing technique
Sweep picking is a guitar-playing technique. When sweep picking, the guitarist plays single notes on consecutive strings with a 'sweeping' motion of the
Sweep_picking
Process used to allocate certain players to sports teams
players. Leagues may also allow teams to trade draft picks among each other in exchange for other draft picks or in exchange for players. In 1935, National Football
Draft_(sports)
Basketball player selection
earn the first overall pick in the draft; this is the fourth number-one pick for Cleveland since 2003 and third number-one pick over a four-year span from
2014_NBA_draft
British history professor and psychoanalyst
Daniel Pick is a British historian, psychoanalyst, university teacher, writer and occasional broadcaster. Between 2014 and 2021, he was the recipient of
Daniel_Pick
A PICK chart is a Lean Six Sigma tool, for organizing process improvement ideas and categorizing them during the Identify and Prioritize Opportunities
PICK_chart
Basketball player selection
contained 15 players who combined for 26 championships. Four of the top five picks were NBA All-Stars and "Redeem Team" Olympic Gold Medalists: Carmelo Anthony
2003_NBA_draft
2002 American TV series or program
U-Pick Live was a program that aired on Nickelodeon from October 14, 2002, to May 27, 2005, on weekday afternoons from Nickelodeon's headquarters in New
U-Pick_Live
Hungarian food company
Pick Szeged is a Hungarian company that produces a variety of meat products, most notably Winter salami. It was founded in 1869, and is based in Szeged
Pick_Szeged
Form of political manipulation
Morgan State University, describes it as politicians picking their voters instead of voters picking their politicians. The term gerrymandering is a portmanteau
Gerrymandering
Hand tool for chopping, digging, and prying
vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock). A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting
Mattock
part of the network's The Big Pick marathon. Unannounced "stealth" premiere Aired as part of the network's The Big Pick 2 marathon. Aired as part of Cartoon
List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network
List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Cartoon_Network
Amusement ride
touches the ceiling, forming a complete circuit. A newer method, the floor pick-up (FPU) system, uses alternating strips of metal across the floor separated
Bumper_cars
Meeting of National Hockey League franchises to select newly eligible players
first-round pick 2024 (13th overall) and a third-round pick in 2025 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick. The Minnesota Wild's first-round pick went to
2024_NHL_entry_draft
Russian, two Czech, two Swedish, one Slovak and one Swiss. Every first overall pick taken between 1968 and 2016 has played in at least 299 NHL games. Three players
List of first overall NHL draft picks
List_of_first_overall_NHL_draft_picks
A pick stitch in sewing is a simple running stitch that catches only a few threads of the fabric, showing very little of the thread on the right side (outer
Pick_stitch
Czech-German psychiatrist (1851–1924)
Arnold Pick (20 July 1851 – 4 April 1924) was a Czech-German psychiatrist. He is known for first describing clinical features of frontotemporal dementia
Arnold_Pick
Basketball player selection
Anthony Bennett, the first pick in the draft, had a very limited amount of media outlets considering him as a potential #1 pick in the draft. He bounced
2013_NBA_draft
Medical condition
Ophthalmodynia periodica, also known as "ice-pick headache", is a primary headache disorder, so it is not caused by any other conditions. Stabbing sensations
Ophthalmodynia_periodica
Range of pick-up trucks
The Dacia Pick-Up was a range of pick-up trucks manufactured by Romanian auto marque Dacia from 1975 to 2006. A total of 318,969 vehicles were manufactured
Dacia_Pick-Up
Draft pick in Major League Baseball
A sandwich pick is a type of draft pick awarded to Major League Baseball teams for the loss of their free agents who meet the minimum requirements by the
Sandwich_pick
American journalist
Heather Pick (September 12, 1970 – November 7, 2008) was an American television news anchor as well as an activist on behalf of breast cancer awareness
Heather_Pick
German historian (1842–1917)
Bernhard Pick (Kempen 19 December 1842 – 1917) was a German-American Lutheran pastor and scholar. He studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York
Bernhard_Pick
British-Austrian journalist (1929–2024)
Hella Henrietta Pick CBE (24 April 1929 – 4 April 2024) was an Austrian-born British journalist. Hella Pick was born in Vienna, Austria, into a middle-class
Hella_Pick
Israeli immunologist
Edgar Pick (Hebrew: אדגר פיק) is an Israeli immunologist who is Professor Emeritus of Immunology in the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
Edgar_Pick
New Zealand painter
Séraphine Pick (born 23 May 1964, in Kawakawa, New Zealand) is a New Zealand painter. Pick has exhibited frequently at New Zealand public art galleries;
Séraphine_Pick
2019 film
The Mystery of Henri Pick (French: Le Mystère Henri Pick) is a 2019 French comedy film directed by Rémi Bezançon, based on the novel of the same name
The_Mystery_of_Henri_Pick
PICK
PICK
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Yorkshire) and German
English (mainly Yorkshire) and German : variant of Picard.English : some early examples, such as Paganus filius Pichardi (Hampshire, 1160), seem to point to derivation from a Germanic personal name, probably composed of the elements bic ‘sharp point’, ‘pointed weapon’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.Dutch : regional name for someone from Picardy in northern France.German : variant of Picker 4.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly eastern and southern)
English (chiefly eastern and southern) : from an agent derivative of Middle English pich ‘pitch’, hence an occupational name for a caulker, one who sealed the seams of ships or barrels with pitch.English : variant of Pickard 2.Possibly from German Pitscher, from the short form of a personal name formed with Old High German bītan ‘to endure’, or bittan ‘to wish or ask for’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Midlands), Dutch, and German
English (mainly East Midlands), Dutch, and German : from Middle English pi(c)k, Middle Dutch picke, Middle High German bicke ‘pick’, ‘pickaxe’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made pickaxes or used them as an agricultural or excavating tool.North German : metonymic occupational name for a pitch-burner, from Low German pick ‘pitch’.English : possibly from Middle English pike ‘pike’ (the fish), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or as a descriptive nickname for someone thought to resemple a pike in some way.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : altered form of Pickering.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Pickering in North Yorkshire, named with an Old English tribal name, Piceringas. However, Ekwall suggests that this was earlier PÄ«cÅringas ‘people on the ridge of the pointed hill’ (see Orr 3 and Pike 1).John Pickering of Newgate, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, came to MA in the early 1630s. He married Elizabeth Alderman in Ipswich, MA, in 1636 and moved a year later to Salem.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pickerill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English flo(u)r ‘flower’, ‘blossom’ (Old French flur, from Latin flos, genitive floris). This was a conventional term of endearment in medieval romantic poetry, and as early as the 13th century it is also regularly found as a female personal name.English : metonymic occupational name for a miller or flour merchant, or perhaps a nickname for a pasty-faced person, from Middle English flo(u)r ‘flour’. This is in origin the same word as in 1, with the transferred sense ‘flower, pick of the meal’. Although the two words are now felt to be accidental homophones, they were not distinguished in spelling before the 18th century.English : occupational name for an arrowsmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English flŠ‘arrow’ (Old English flÄ).Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Llywarch, of unexplained origin.Translation of French Lafleur.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Picker.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname for a big eater or a glutton, from Yiddish pikn ‘to eat’ + man ‘man’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pickerill.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Yorkshire)
English (mainly Yorkshire) : variant of Pickle.
Surname or Lastname
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch : nickname for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pickerell.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, perhaps from Pickforde (‘pig ford’) in Ticehurst, Sussex. The surname is now most common in the Manchester region, but it does not seem to have reached there before the 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English pigh(t)el ‘small field’, ‘paddock’ of obscure origin.Altered spelling of German Pickel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : altered form of Pickering.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pickerill.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly West Midlands)
English (mainly West Midlands) : from a diminutive of Pick.English and Scottish : from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Picon, Pi(c)quin, a pet form of Pic.German : probably a variant of Pick 1 or 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.English : metonymic occupational name for a pike fisherman or nickname for a predatory individual, from Middle English pike.English : metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool for breaking up the earth, Middle English pike. Compare Pick.English : metonymic occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole, Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).English : nickname for a tall, thin person, from a transferred sense of one of the above.English : from a Germanic personal name (derived from the root ‘sharp’, ‘pointed’), found in Middle English and Old French as Pic.English : nickname from Old French pic ‘woodpecker’, Latin picus. Compare Pye and Speight.Irish : in the south, of English origin; in Ulster a variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Péice (see McPeake).Americanized spelling of German Peik, from Middle Low German pēk ‘sharp, pointed tool or weapon’. Compare 4 above or from a Germanic personal name (see 6 above).John Pike brought his family to Boston from England in 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA. His son Robert was a leading citizen and a vigorous defender of civil and religious liberty in colonial MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who used a pick, from Middle English pi(c)k ‘pick’ (see Pick) + the agent suffix -er.English : occupational name for someone who caught or sold pike, from Middle English pike ‘pike’ + the agent suffix -er.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a pointed hill (see Pike 1), the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.German : occupational name for someone who used a pick or pickaxe, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bicken ‘to prick or stab’.Dutch : occupational name for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower, from Middle Dutch picker, pecker.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname for a big eater or a glutton, from Yiddish pikn ‘to eat’ with the noun suffix -er.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pickerell.
PICK
PICK
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Wether-sheep Corner
Boy/Male
Welsh
Legendary son of Menw.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Tempest, commotion.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Eloquent; Literary; Wide; Ample
Girl/Female
Tamil
Earth
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Glorious; Praiseworthy
Girl/Female
Welsh
White, happiness, blessed. Also a North Wales county name.
Boy/Male
Indian
Both Rama and Hanuman
Male
Native American
Native American Miwok name WUYI means "soaring turkey vulture."
PICK
PICK
PICK
PICK
PICK
v. t.
To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
v. t.
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
n.
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
n.
A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pickle
v. t.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
n.
One who makes pickles.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Picket
pl.
of Pickpenny
imp. & p. p.
of Picket
n.
One who picks locks; a thief.
n.
An instrument for picking locks.
a.
Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
adv.
Pickaback.
n.
The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.
a.
Preserved in a pickle.
v. t.
To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
v. t.
A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.
n.
That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.
imp. & p. p.
of Pickle