Bust
Pick
Pick noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
Bust and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bust" instead the word "Pick" as a verb or a noun.
How words are described
| good | good bust | good pick |
| best | best bust | best pick |
| long | long bust | long pick |
| original | original bust | original pick |
| Other adjectives: many, round, small, large, easy, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| guy | bust guy | pick guy |
| time | bust time | pick time |
| way | bust way | pick way |
| characters | bust characters | pick characters |
| Other words: weapons. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Charlotte better hope, no, pray that 2013 pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist doesn't bust out on them either.
Source: Butt Monkey / Sports - Reese was a huge, drug-addled bust in the pros, while the Bears used that pick (18th overall) to select Willie Gault, who had a successful pro career at wide receiver.
Source: Dork Age / Sports -
When locked in a cage, Skipper orders Rico to bust them out, which he does by coughing up a paperclip to pick the lock with.
Cite this Source
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Pick or Bust. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bust/pick.
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