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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: piccadilly - pickaback</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="piccadilly"> Piccadilly, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the main business streets in London. </DL> <A NAME="piccadillycircus"> Piccadilly Circus,<DL COMPACT><DD> an open space formed by the convergence of several streets in western London. </DL> <A NAME="piccalilli"> piccalilli, noun, pl. -lis.<DL COMPACT><DD> a relish of East Indian origin made of chopped pickles, onions, tomatoes, etc., with hot spices. </DL> <A NAME="piccaninny"> piccaninny, noun, pl. -nies. =pickaninny.</DL> <A NAME="piccolo"> piccolo, noun, pl. -los, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, shrill flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute. Ex. The best suspense music is supplied by muted brasses, and combinations like the piccolo, harp and xylophone (Time). <DD>adj. of or like a piccolo, especially by comparison in size or sound. Ex. a piccolo trumpet. </DL> <A NAME="piccoloist"> piccoloist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a player on the piccolo. </DL> <A NAME="pice"> pice, noun, pl. pice.<DL COMPACT><DD> a former bronze coin of India and Pakistan equal to 1/4 of an anna, replaced in India in 1957 and in Pakistan in 1961 by the paisa. </DL> <A NAME="piceous"> piceous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or resembling pitch: <DD> a. inflammable; combustible. <DD> b. (Zoology.) of the color of pitch; pitch-black. </DL> <A NAME="picescent"> picescent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> nearly piceous or pitch-black in color. </DL> <A NAME="pichiciago"> pichiciago, noun, pl. -gos or (collectively) -go.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small armadillo of South America, about 5 inches long, with a pinkish shell covering its back. </DL> <A NAME="pichurim"> pichurim, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a South American tree of the laurel family, with seeds having thick aromatic cotyledons (pichurim beans) that are used medicinally and as a substitute for nutmegs. </DL> <A NAME="picine"> picine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with woodpeckers. </DL> <A NAME="pick"> pick (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to choose out of a number or quantity; select. Ex. to pick the right words. I picked a winning horse at the races. <DD> 2. to pull away, as if with the fingers or beak; gather; pluck. Ex. to pick a caterpillar from a leaf. We pick fruit and flowers. <DD> 3. to pierce, dig into, or break up with some pointed tool. Ex. to pick ground, to pick rocks. <DD> 4. to use something pointed to remove things from. Ex. to pick one's teeth, to pick a bone. <DD> 5a. to open with a pointed instrument or wire, or by manipulation of the mechanism. Ex. The burglar picked the lock on the garage. <DD> b. to steal the contents of. Ex. Someone picked his pocket. <DD> 6. to prepare for use by removing feathers or waste parts. Ex. to pick a chicken. <DD> 7. to pull apart. Ex. to pick rags. The hair in the pillow needs to be picked, as it has matted. <DD> 8. (U.S.) <DD> a. to use the fingers on (the strings of a musical instrument) with a plucking motion. Ex. to play a banjo by picking its strings. <DD> b. to play thus; pluck at. Ex. He could pick the banjo in a way no one has ever heard it picked since. <DD> 9. (Figurative.) to seek and find occasion for; seek and find. Ex. He picked a quarrel with her. He picks flaws in every offer I make. <DD> 10a. to take up (seeds or other small pieces of food) with the bill or teeth, as a bird or squirrel does. <DD> b. to eat (food) in small pieces, slowly, or without appetite. Ex. I picked a meal in fear and trembling (Robert Louis Stevenson). <DD>v.i. 1. to use or work with a pick, pickax, or other such tool. <DD> 2. to eat with small bites, slowly, or without appetite. <DD> 3. to make a careful choice or selection. <DD> 4. to gather fruit or other growing produce. <DD> 5. =pilfer. Ex. to pick and steal. <DD>noun the act of choosing; choice or selection. Ex. He let me have the first pick. <DD> 1. a person or thing selected from among others. Ex. This red rose is my pick. That book is my first pick. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) the best or most desirable part. Ex. We got a high price for the pick of our peaches. <DD> 3. the total amount of a crop gathered at one time. <DD> 4. =plectrum. expr. pick and choose, to select with great care; be very particular in choosing. Ex. As matters stand, the army is an employer that can pick and choose (Maclean's). expr. pick at, <DD> a. to pull, as with the fingers or beak. Ex. The sick man picked at the blankets. <DD> b. to eat only a little at a time. Ex. The bird picked at the bread. She just picked at her food because she did not like it. <DD> c. (Informal, Figurative.) to find fault with; nag. Ex. I'm always being picked at. I wish I was dead (Cosmopolitan). expr. pick in, to work in or fill in in a painting or drawing. Ex. Then the shadows are "picked in" by assistants (George A. Sala). expr. pick off, <DD> a. to shoot one at a time; bring down one by one, by or as if by shooting. Ex. to pick off a few disorganized opponents. The hunter picked off a goose from the flock flying overhead. <DD> b. to catch (a runner in baseball) off base and put him out with a sudden throw. Ex. The catcher handles bunts and pop-ups, picks off runners who stray from base (Atlantic). expr. pick on, <DD> a. (Informal.) to find fault with; nag at. Ex. Why pick on me? The teacher picked on him for always being late. <DD> b. (Informal.) to annoy; tease. Ex. The bigger boys picked on him during recess. <DD> c. to choose; select. Ex. Why did he pick on you first? expr. pick out, <DD> a. to choose with care; select. Ex. Pick out a dress you will like to wear. He picked out for this purpose a Pole whom he believed to be a genuine revolutionary (Edmund Wilson). <DD> b. to distinguish (a thing) from its surroundings. Ex. Can you pick me out in this group picture? <DD> c. to make out (the sense or meaning). Ex. Goethe ... did not know Greek well and had to pick out its meaning by the help of a Latin translation (Matthew Arnold). <DD> d. to select the notes of (a tune) one by one, especially laboriously, as on a keyboard, and so play it. Ex. She picked it out upon the keyboard, and ... enriched the same with well-sounding chords (Robert Louis Stevenson). <DD> e. to embellish, especially by lines or spots of contrasting color following outlines. Ex. The ceiling ... was richly gilt and picked out in violet (Benjamin Disraeli). <DD> f. to remove or extract by picking. Ex. to pick mussels out of the shells, to pick out loose threads from a hem. expr. pick over, <DD> a. to look over carefully. Ex. to pick over vegetables before buying. <DD> b. to prepare for use. Ex. Pick over and hull the strawberries. expr. pick up, <DD> a. to take up. Ex. The boy picked up a stone. The bird picked up a worm. <DD> b. to summon or recover (as courage or hope). Ex. to pick up one's spirits. <DD> c. (Informal.) to recover; improve. Ex. He seemed to pick up quickly after his fever went down. Unless demand picks up, mill men fear the cutbacks may spread throughout synthetics (Wall Street Journal). <DD> d. to give (a person) fresh energy, courage, hope, or the like. Ex. A good dinner will pick you up. <DD> e. to get by chance. Ex. The woman picked up a bargain at the dress sale. <DD> f. to learn without being taught; acquire or attain (a skill or knowledge) by chance or opportunity. Ex. He picks up games easily. <DD> g. to pay for. Ex. The London casino offered to pick up the $35,000 bill for a charter flight from New York (New York Times). <DD> h. to take into a vehicle or ship. Ex. The bus picks up passengers at every other corner. <DD> i. to take along with one. Ex. to pick up a coat at the cleaner's. <DD> j. (Figurative.) to find again; regain. Ex. Here we picked up the trail. <DD> k. to succeed in seeing or hearing. Ex. to pick up four of Jupiter's moons with a telescope. He picked up a radio broadcast from Paris. <DD> l. to go faster; increase in speed. Ex. Other rivers picked up speed, boiled out of gorges (Time). <DD> m. to pack; prepare to move out. Ex. What will happen when we pick up and leave in a year or so? (New Yorker). <DD>noun to arrest. Ex. Many colleges have long intervened with police when their students had been picked up for such apolitical offenses as brawling or disturbing the peace (Saturday Review). a. (Informal.) to become acquainted with without being introduced. Ex. The only girls I knew were the ones I picked up (New Yorker). <DD> b. (U.S.) to tidy up; put in order. Ex. to pick up a room or one's desk. <DD> c. (Golf.) to pick up one's ball. Ex. He [Bobby Jones] "picked up" during the 1921 British Open in a fit of pique (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="pick"> pick (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a tool with a heavy, sharp-pointed iron or steel bar, attached through an eye in the center to a wooden handle, used for breaking and prying up earth, rock, and other compacted or heavy material; pickax. <DD> 2. a sharp-pointed tool or instrument. Ice is broken into pieces with a pick. </DL> <A NAME="pick"> pick (3), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to throw (the shuttle) across the loom. <DD> 2. (British Dialect.) <DD> a. to throw; hurl. <DD> b. to pitch (as hay or grain). <DD>noun 1. a cast or throw of the shuttle in weaving. <DD> 2. a single thread of the woof in cloth, especially as a measure of its fineness. Ex. 20 picks per inch. <DD> 3. (British Dialect.) a pitch; throw. </DL> <A NAME="pickaback"> pickaback, adverb, adjective. =piggyback.</DL> <A HREF="pickanin.dic">NEXT</A>