outpick

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verb

To surpass in picking; to pick better or faster than.

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Meanings

verboutpick (third-person singular simple present outpicks, present participle outpicking, simple past and past participle outpicked)

present singular third person outpicks · participle present outpicking · participle past outpicked · past outpicked

  1. transitiveTo surpass in picking; to pick better or faster than.

    […] the strongest people were not necessarily the fastest; men picked cotton, women picked cotton, children as young as ten picked cotton, and occasionally a woman came along who could outpick the men.

    2013, Sebastian Junger, A Death in Belmont, page 21

Origin

From out- + pick.

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APA

outpick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpick

MLA

“outpick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpick.

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