Clip
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
Clip and pick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clip" instead the word "Pick" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| good | good clip | good pick |
| full | full clip | full pick |
| long | long clip | long pick |
| original | original clip | original pick |
| Other adjectives: single, round, simple, popular, small, large, little, early, final, random, next, last, favorite. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hairpin Lockpick: Sarah Connor uses an unfolded paper clip to pick the locks on the straps holding her and the lock on the door of her room.
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A dramatic example in Penguins of Madagascar as Skipper desperately heimlichs Rico looking for the paper clip to pick the lock to their cage in order to save Private, but are unable to find it because Rico left it in the lock he picked earlier in the movie and Private has it.
Source: Rummage Fail -
Rummage Fail: A dramatic example as Skipper desperately heimlichs Rico looking for the paper clip to pick the lock to their cage in order to save Private, but are unable to find it because Rico left it in the lock he picked earlier in the movie and Private has it.
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Pick and Clip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/pick
Clip & Pick. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/pick>.
Pick or Clip. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/pick.
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