What slim pickings mean?

informal. : very few good things to choose from It was slim pickings on the last day of the sale.

What are rich pickings?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpick‧ings /ˈpɪkɪŋz/ noun [plural] informal money or profits that you can get easily from a situation There were rich pickings (=a lot of money) to be had from the stock market.

What does picking on someone mean?

(pick on someone) to keep treating someone badly or unfairly, especially by criticizing them. Why do you always pick on me? Synonyms and related words. To criticize, accuse or blame.

What does pocking mean?

1. A pustule caused by smallpox or a similar eruptive disease. 2. A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.

What does picking on mean?

pick on (one) To harass, bully, or tease one. If kids are picking on you at school, you need to tell me or your teacher about it. to harass or bother someone or something, usually unfairly. Please stop picking on me! Tease, bully, victimize, as in She told Mom the boys were always picking on her.

What is a synonym for picking?

picking, pick(noun) the quantity of a crop that is harvested. “he sent the first picking of berries to the market”; “it was the biggest peach pick in years”. Synonyms: plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, pick, weft.

What is a synonym for picking up?

pick up, lift up, gather up(verb) take and lift upward. Synonyms: percolate, call for, perk, apprehend, perk up, collar, elate, get a line, gain vigor, get word, hear, gather up, uplift, learn, collect, find out, turn around, receive, nail, discover, lift up, peck, nab, arrest, get wind, catch, cop, see, intoxicate.

What is another word for “picking on”?

Synonyms for picking on include bullying, victimising, victimizing, baiting, goading, persecuting, teasing, tormenting, tyrannising and tyrannizing. Find more similar