pick2Pronunciation: /pɪk/Translate pick | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of pick noun 1a tool consisting of a long handle set at right angles in the middle of a curved iron or steel bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock. 2an instrument for picking:an ebony hair pick informal a plectrum: a pink guitar pickOrigin: Middle English: variant of pike2pick in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of pick in the US English dictionary