Entertainment / Basketball / Pick: When a player establishes position between the ball carrier and a defender. Moving picks are a violation. Also used as screens. See below.
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Pick Verb Synonyms: provoke, foment, incite, start, initiate, work or stir up
Pick Noun Synonyms: pluck, gather, collect, harvest, bring or take in, garner
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Entertainment / Basketball / Pick And Roll: Pick and Roll is an offensive play in which a player stops to screen (block) a defender for the teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass as the handler makes a mo MORE
Entertainment / Liquor / Pick-Me-Up: Any concoction designed to allay the effects of overindulgence in alcaholic beverages. MORE
Entertainment / Football / Picked Off: Intercepted. MORE
Entertainment / Baseball / Pick Off: An attempt by the pitcher to get a base runner out by throwing to the base from the stretch position. MORE
Business / Finance / Customer Picking Prices: A range of payout ratios that is typical according to an analysis of comparable firms. MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Cherry Picking: When a player, generally a forward, hangs out behind the play waiting for a outlet pass so that he can have a breakaway. MORE