Dictionary

pick on en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (transitive) To bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
   • Hey! Quit picking on your brother.
   • Deciding that he hasn't had enough action for one day, Captain Evans of the Johnston orders another 180-degree about-face to give gunfire support to the new arrivals, this time picking on the heavy cruiser Tone. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 22:11 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
   • Had no friends, picked on 'cause I was weak 1998, “Reclaim my Place”, in Follow the Leader, performed by Korn:
2. (transitive) To select (a person) for a task, etc.
   • The teacher picked on me to answer the question.

Forms

Deriveds

pick on someone your own size

Synonyms

pick at · pester

Translations (21)

pt meter-se (bully, bother, or harass) · es tomárselas con (bully, bother, or harass) · es meterse con (bully, bother, or harass) · es hostigar (bully, bother, or harass) · it aversela (bully, bother, or harass) · de hänseln (bully, bother, or harass) · es hacer rabiar (bully, bother, or harass) · ro hărțui (bully, bother, or harass) · ga pioc ar (bully, bother, or harass) · de schikanieren (bully, bother, or harass) · fr embêter (bully, bother, or harass) · ja いじめる (bully, bother, or harass) · de mobben (bully, bother, or harass) · es lornear (bully, bother, or harass) · tr sataşmak (bully, bother, or harass) · tr zorbalamak (bully, bother, or harass) · de herumhacken auf (bully, bother, or harass) · hu pikkel (bully, bother, or harass) · tr bulaşmak (bully, bother, or harass) · es agarrársela[s] con (bully, bother, or harass) · pt implicar (bully, bother, or harass)