Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pick of the litter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: pick- of the lit-ter
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.

Example Sentences

"Of the books I read this summer, A Tale of Two Cities was the pick of the litter."
"I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me / I don't need these lines to get laid"
"In the first season of Stranger Things, no character was more extra than Steve Harrington — Nancy Wheeler’s frequently possessive, largely confused, often douchey boyfriend. Though he eventually got with the program and helped fight some monsters, he wasn’t exactly what you’d call the pick of the litter."

Inflected Forms

picks of the litter (plural)

Phrases

cream of the crop

Frequently Paired Words

cream of the crop

Synonyms

best of the bunch

Antonyms

runt runt of the litter

Questions

What does pick of the litter mean?: The best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.

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