Outpick

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To surpass in picking; to pick better or faster than. transitive

    "[…] the strongest people were not necessarily the fastest; men picked cotton, women picked cotton, children as young as ten picked cotton, and occasionally a woman came along who could outpick the men."

Example

More examples

"[…] the strongest people were not necessarily the fastest; men picked cotton, women picked cotton, children as young as ten picked cotton, and occasionally a woman came along who could outpick the men."

Etymology

From out- + pick.

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