Usually means: Selective in choices or preferences.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word picky:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. picky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. picky: Merriam-Webster
  3. picky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. picky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. picky: Collins English Dictionary
  6. picky: Vocabulary.com
  7. Picky, picky: Wordnik
  8. picky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. picky: Wiktionary
  10. picky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. picky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. picky: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. picky: Dictionary.com
  14. picky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Picky (song), Picky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. picky: Rhymezone
  17. picky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. picky: FreeDictionary.org
  19. picky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. picky: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. picky: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. picky: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. picky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Picky: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. picky: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
adjective:  (UK, colloquial, not comparable) Of food or a meal: consisting of various small items from which the diner can pick and choose.
noun:  (informal) A picture.

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