pick at

Verb

Meaning

express a negative opinion of

eat like a bird

pluck or pull at with the fingers

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

peck peck at toy with badger niggle gnaw pester ergot sample eat taste pick scratch snack harass
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Antonyms

wolf bolt down cram guzzle shift
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Hypernyms

eat pull knock criticise criticize pick apart

Hyponyms

pan minimize trash disgrace denigrate depreciate

Examples

Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them. Shaun Alexander

I think people are just haters. When they see people doing well, some people, if there's something wrong, they'll pick at that. Alana Blanchard

You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street. All the managers, pitching coaches [are] very sensitive. Look, you can always pick at something, but there's a broader picture, a grander picture. Bud Selig

I hate mean people. People who just pick at you and try to force you into a train wreck. Method Man

The universe has resources of death which we have barely begun to pick at. Algis Budrys

It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn. Henrik Ibsen

Close letter words and terms

pick and pop pick and roll pick apart pick away at pick axes pick back up