picking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of pick

noun

1. A gathering to pick fruit.

   “We went to a strawberry picking last June.”

2. Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

   “Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.”

3. Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

   “easy pickings, rich pickings”

   “He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.”

4. Something picked or pulled out.

   “The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.”

5. The act of making a choice; selection.
6. The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
7. The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
8. Dabbing in stoneworking.