cherrypick
Meaning of cherrypick
verb
- To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
- (by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas.
- To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
- To broadcast selected programming from another network.
Information about cherrypick
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of cherrypick is: cherrypicks.
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Hyphenation of cherrypick
cher-ryp-ick
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- cherrypick is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with cherrypick
pick, handpick, icepick, repick, toothpick, lockpick, rampick, raunpick, unpick, sheppick, Waterpick, earpick, fingerpick, overpick, underpick, aspick, mispick, spick, footpick, nitpick, nutpick, outpick
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