pickings

Noun

Meaning

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

taking proceeds earnings plunder haul booty swag boodle tidbit plunderage culling alternativeness

Antonyms

meal rubble

Hypernyms

action

Examples

As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. Carrie Fisher

This is where they come into their own, for there's money in hope: the more desperate the hope, the richer the pickings. Richard Dawkins

I have no faith in cats: they are a cold-blooded race; they are the politicians among domestic animals; they care little who is master, or what are the over-turnings, so their pickings are secure; and what are their midnight caucuses but primary meetings? Donald Grant Mitchell

the pickings were easy Source: Internet

clothing could be had for the taking Source: Internet

“And such rich pickings continue to place themselves firmly in front of us every day, if we bother to stop, listen and imagine. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

picking up on picking up speed picking up the mantle pickle pickle ball pickle barrel