Picking or Pickings may refer to:
Activities
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Fruit picking
Fruit picking or fruit harvesting is a seasonal activity (paid or recreational) that occurs during harvest time in areas with fruit growing wild or being farmed in orchards. Some farms market " You-Pick" for orchards, such as the tradition of App ...
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Guitar picking
Guitar picking is a group of hand and finger techniques a guitarist uses to set guitar strings in motion to produce audible notes. These techniques involve plucking, strumming, brushing, etc. Picking can be done with:
* A plectrum, pick (plectru ...
, various techniques for playing a guitar
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Lock picking
Lock picking is the practice of unlocking a Lock (security device), lock by manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key.
Although lock-picking can be associated with Intention (criminal law), criminal intent, it ...
, the art of unlocking a lock without the original key
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Nose picking
Nose picking is the act of extracting mucus with one's finger (rhinotillexis) and may include the subsequent ingestion of the extracted mucus (mucophagy).
In Western cultures, this act is generally considered to be socially deviant; parents and ...
, the act of extracting mucus and/or foreign bodies from the nose
* Skin picking, or
Dermatillomania
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Continental knitting
Knitting with the yarn in one's left hand is commonly referred to as Continental knitting, German knitting, European knitting, or left-hand knitting. Unlike English knitting, the yarn is held in the left hand. This allows advanced knitters to scoo ...
, a style of knitting also known as picking
* In
computer graphics
Computer graphics deals with generating images and art with the aid of computers. Computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, digital art, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. ...
, the task of determining which screen-rendered object a user has clicked on
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Order picking
Order processing is the process or work-flow associated with the picking, packing, and delivery of the packed items to a shipping carrier and is a key element of order fulfillment. Order processing operations or facilities are commonly called “ ...
, in logistics the task of selecting an item for shipment
People
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Jake Picking
Jake Picking (born ) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Rock Hudson in the Netflix series ''Hollywood'' (2020), created by Ryan Murphy. He is also known for playing the role of Sean Collier in '' Patriots Day'' (2016), and ap ...
(born 1991), American actor
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Jonti Picking
Jonathan "Jonti" Picking (born 17 May 1975), also known as Weebl and Mr Weebl, is a British Internet personality and Flash animator and is the creator of ''Weebl's Stuff''.
His animations are known for repetitive melodies and surreal dialogue ...
(born 1975), British web personality and flash animator
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Sherwood Picking (1890–1941), United States Navy officer
Other uses
* Pickings, another word for
plunder
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. ...
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''Pickings'' (film), a 2018 neo-noir film
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