Meaning

1 senses
  1. A quibble about a minor mistake or fault.

    I have a few nitpicks about the grammar in your report.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Please don't nitpick just for the sake of nitpicking.

    deBitte sei kein Korinthenkacker nur um Korinthenkacker zu sein. — ludoviko

  2. I'm just nitpicking, of course.

    Я просто прискіпуюся, звичайно. — deniko

  3. He is a genius at nitpicking.

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  4. All you ever do is nitpick. I wish you could say something more constructive.

    ruВсё, что ты делаешь, — это придираешься. Я бы хотел, чтобы ты сказал что-то конструктивное. — Hellerick

  5. He's not nitpicking yet.

Origin

From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing tiny louse eggs by hand.

From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing tiny louse eggs by hand.

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Forms

plural: nitpicks
Singularnitpick
Pluralnitpicks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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