Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutpicking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nut-pick-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The gathering of nuts from the plants they grow upon.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of nutpick

Example Sentences

"Nutpicking, along with chicken cleaning and rag sorting, constituted the very bottom of the submarginal industries in St. Louis in the 1930s, and it was in these industries that African American women found sporadic employment."

Etymology

From nut + picking.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nutpicking mean?: The gathering of nuts from the plants they grow upon.
Where does nutpicking come from?: From nut + picking.

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