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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]]
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