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Synonyms: Pick AtSynonyms: belittle (v), disparage (v), peck (v), peck at (v), pluck at (v), pull at (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: flatter (v). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You must pick at least two. But, but, but! (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expression using "pick at": To pick at. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "pick at"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ям неохотно, критикувам (animadvert, bad-mouth, crab, criticize, fault, nibble, run down), заяждам се с (nag, pick on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | napsia (pick off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τσιμπολογώ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | piszkál vkit (to peck at sy, to pick at sy), csipeget az ételből (to pick at one's food), beleköt vkibe (to pick a quarrel with sy, to pick at sy, to pick up a quarrel with sy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mangiare contro voglia, grattarsi (scratch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 突く (to attack, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to strike, to thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つつく (to attack, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to strike, to thrust), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ickpay atay ser exigente, importunar (badger, bother, devil, disturb, hinder, importune, incommode, lay the blame on, nag, persecute, pester, plague, pursue, solicit, tease, tire, trouble). (various references) se opri la (call at, pick on), se lega (bind, bind oneself, connect, interlink, knit, link, moor), se culege, se amesteca în, gusta din, face fãrã effort. (various references) zorla yemek, mızmızlanarak yemek, kusur bulmak (arraign, carp, cast reflection on smb., cavil, crab, criticize, fault, find fault, pick holes in, pick on, reflect on, reflect upon, reprehend), karışmak (amalgamate, be confused, be mixed up, blend, butt in, combine, commingle, commix, concern, concern oneself, cut in, cut into, get mixed, have one's hand in, interfere, interfuse, interlace, intermeddle, intervene, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, meddle, meld, merge, mingle, mix, mix in, pick over, poke one's nose into, put one's nose into, put one's oar in, slip in, step in, strike in, take up, tamper, thicken, thrust one's nose in, thrust one's nose into, thrust oneself in, welter, whirl), burnunu sokmak (butt in, horn in, horn in on, interfere in, intermeddle, meddle, pick over, poke one's nose into, pry, pry into, put one's nose into, put one's oar in, snoop, snoop into, thrust one's nose into, thrust oneself in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-k-p-t" | |
-2 letters: ikat, pack, pact, paik, pica, pick, pika, pita, tack, tick. | |
-3 letters: act, ait, apt, cap, cat, ick, kat, kip, kit, pac, pat, pia, pic, pit, tap, tic, tip. | |
-4 letters: ai, at, it, ka, pa, pi, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-k-p-t" | |
+1 letter: tripack. | |
+2 letters: tripacks. | |
+3 letters: packeting, pickthank, plasticky, skeptical, slapstick. | |
+4 letters: karyotypic, panickiest, picketboat, pickthanks, planktonic, slapsticks, taperstick. | |
+5 letters: apparatchik, meatpacking, packability, peacockiest, picketboats, prokaryotic, skeptically, tapersticks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 69 63 6B      41 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P i c k   A t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0069 0063 006B      0041 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5075697723586 |
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