Picks meaning : A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. A choice; ability to choose. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best. A screen. An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. An interception. A good defensive play by an infielder. A pickoff. A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet. That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together. To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select. To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises. To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released. To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. To steal; to pilfer. To throw; to pitch. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points. To screen.