Pick 2723423 222083333 2008-06-27T14:00:45Z Majorclanger 817248 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/76.110.150.253|76.110.150.253]] ([[User talk:76.110.150.253|talk]]) to last version by Xyzzyplugh {{Wiktionarypar|pick}} {{TOCright}} The word '''Pick''' may refer to: ===Tools and weapons=== * [[Pickaxe]], a tool used for manual labour * [[Lock pick]], a tool used for lock picking * [[Lock picking]], the art of unlocking a lock without its intended key * [[Warded pick]], a device for opening warded locks * [[Toothpick]], a piece of wood or other substance to remove food from the teeth after a meal * [[Horseman's pick]], a weapon used by cavalry units during the middle ages in Europe ===Medical=== * [[Niemann-Pick disease]], an inherited condition * [[Pick's Disease]], a dementing illness ===Mathematics and computers=== * [[Pick's theorem]] in geometry * [[Pick operating system]], a computer operating system built around a multidimensional, variable data length database, often called "the Pick system" or simply "Pick" * [[Pick matrix]], a specific type of matrix (mathematics) * [[Schwarz-Ahlfors-Pick theorem]], a mathematics theorem ===In music=== * [[Plectrum]], a device for picking or strumming a stringed instrument * [[Guitar pick]], a plectrum for a guitar * [[Fingerpicking]], a technique for playing the guitar using the fingertips and/or fingernails * [[Sweep-picking]], a guitar technique that involves playing one note per string ===Places=== * [[Pick City, North Dakota]] ===People=== * [[Albert Pick]], German numismatist * [[Georg Alexander Pick]], Austrian mathematician * [[Lewis A. Pick]], United States Army Chief of Engineers * [[Ludwig Pick]], see [[Niemann-Pick disease]] * [[Lupu Pick]], German actor * [[Thomas Pickering Pick]], surgeon and author * [[Sherwood Picking]], United States Navy submarine commander ===Miscellaneous=== * [[Cherry picking]], literally meaning harvesting cherries, used metaphorically to accuse someone of pointing at individual cases which seem to confirm his or her position, while ignoring a significant portion of related cases that may contradict it * [[Nose-picking]], the act of extracting mucus or foreign bodies from the nose with a finger * [[Pick and roll]], an offensive play in basketball * [[U-Pick Live]], a show aired on Nickelodeon between 2002 and 2005 * [[Pick A Box]], a radio program * [[Call pick-up]], a system used in office telephony * [[Pick-Up]], a slang term that is commonly used in a gaming context * [[52 Pickup]], a practical joke disguised as a card game * [[52 Pick-up]], a thriller/action film starring Ann-Margret and Roy Scheider * [[Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program]], named after Lewis A. Pick * Anglers' or fishermen's slang for the [[Pickhandle barracuda]] * [[Pickelhaube]] is a type of helmet * ''Pick'' refers to an [[Interception (American football)|interception]] in American football ===See also=== * [[pickle]] * [[picket]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[de:Pick]] [[fr:Pick]]