Meanings
adjectivehandpicked (not comparable)
alternative hand-picked · alternative hand picked
- figurativelynot comparableSelected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
A number of handpicked employees will run the project.
verb
alternative hand-picked · alternative hand picked
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of handpick
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian бран на ръка, подбран
- бран на ръка (bran na răka)picked by hand
- подбран (podbran)selected with great care
Dutch handgekozen
- handgekozenselected with great care
Finnish käsin poimittu, huolella valittu
- käsin poimittupicked by hand
- huolella valittuselected with great care
- poimittuselected with great care
French récolté à la main, cueilli manuellement
- récolté à la mainpicked by hand
- cueilli manuellementpicked by hand
- trié sur le voletselected with great care
German handverlesen
- handverlesenselected with great care
Norwegian Bokmål håndplukket, håndplukket
- håndplukketpicked by hand
- håndplukketselected with great care
- håndplukkaselected with great care
- handplukketselected with great care
- handplukkaselected with great care
Polish zebrany ręcznie, dobrany
- zebrany ręczniepicked by hand
- dobranyselected with great care
- wyselekcjonowanyselected with great care
Portuguese colhido à mão, escolhido a dedo
- colhido à mãopicked by hand
- escolhido a dedoselected with great care
Spanish escogido personalmente, seleccionado cuidadosamente
- escogido personalmenteselected with great care
- seleccionado cuidadosamenteselected with great care
Swedish handplockad, handplockad
- handplockadpicked by hand
- handplockadselected with great care
Yiddish אױסגעקליבן
- אױסגעקליבן (oysgeklibn)picked by hand
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handpicked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handpicked
MLA
“handpicked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handpicked. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handpicked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handpicked.
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