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pick at

English

  1. 🔊 eat like a bird
    “The anorexic girl just picks at her food”
  2. 🔊 pluck or pull at with the fingers
    “She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse”
  3. 🔊 express a negative opinion of
    “She disparaged her student's efforts”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 roer to pick at

Similar words

disparage belittle peck at peck pluck at pull at