pick at

Questions about pick at

What does pick at mean?

pick at means "pluck or pull at with the fingers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pick at?

Close synonyms include pluck at, pull at, peck at, peck, disparage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pick at a common word?

pick at is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.