NITPICK

Meaning of NITPICK in English

find unfinished details, see flaws or small errors

Deborah can find the errors. She likes to nitpick.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

NITPICK — verb Etymology: back-formation from nit-picking Date: 1966 intransitive verb to engage in nit-picking, transitive verb to criticize by nit-picking, ~ …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NITPICK — ˈnitˌpik verb ( -ed/-ing/-s -s ) intransitive verb : to engage in nit-picking transitive verb : to criticize by nitpicking …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NITPICK — /nit"pik'/ , v.i. 1. to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details. v.t. 2. to criticize by focusing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NITPICK — v. pay obsessive attention to petty flaws or details
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NITPICK — verb Etymology: back-formation from nit-picking Date: 1966 intransitive verb : to engage in nit-picking transitive verb : to criticize by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NITPICK — [nit.pick] vb [back-formation fr. nit-picking] vi (1966): to engage in nit-picking ~ vt: to criticize by nit-picking -- nitpick n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NITPICK — nitpick BrE AmE ˈnɪt pɪk ▷ nitpick|ed t ▷ nitpick|er/s ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ nitpick|ing ɪŋ ▷ nitpick|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NITPICK — [verb] [I]Must you nitpick (= find fault with details) all the time?
Cambridge English vocab
NITPICK — Synonyms and related words : around the bush, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, carp, catch at straws, cavil, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NITPICK — v. ( colloq. ) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ at
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
NITPICK — find unfinished details or small errors Deborah can find the errors. She likes to nitpick.
English Idioms vocab
NITPICK — гл.; разг., тж. nit-pickпридираться к мелочам, форме подачи материала и т.п.; скрупулезно выискивать мелкие просчеты и т.п.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NITPICK — гл. ; разг. , тж. nit-pick придираться к мелочам, форме подачи материала и т. п.; скрупулезно выискивать мелкие просчеты и …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NITPICK — гл.; разг., тж. nit-pick придираться к мелочам, форме подачи материала и т. п.; скрупулезно выискивать мелкие просчеты и т. п.
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NITPICK — v. Pronunciation: ' nit- ˌ pik Function: verb Etymology: back-formation from nit-picking Date: 1966 intransitive verb : to engage in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NITPICKY — adjective see: nitpick
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NITPICKER — noun see: nitpick
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NITPICKER — noun see nitpick
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PETTIFOGGER — n. cheater, swindler, one who defrauds; unethical lawyer whose methods have a bad reputation and are petty, shyster; person who …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIND FAULT WITH — point out flaws or shortcomings, nitpick, criticize unfavorably, express dissatisfaction
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NITPICKY — see nitpick
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NITPICKER — see nitpick
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TERGIVERSATE — Synonyms and related words : alternate, apostatize, around the bush, back and fill, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, …
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TEAR TO PIECES — Synonyms and related words : atomize, break to pieces, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, cut up, defoliate, demolish, denude, …
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TEAR APART — Synonyms and related words : atomize, break to pieces, carp, catch at straws, cavil, cleave, cut up, defoliate, demolish, denude, …
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TAKE EXCEPTION — Synonyms and related words : agree to differ, agree to disagree, ban, be at variance, be in dissent, beg to …
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SPLIT HAIRS — Synonyms and related words : analyze, anatomize, around the bush, atomize, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, change, …
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SIDESTEP — Synonyms and related words : about the bush, around the bush, avert, avoid, back and fill, bear off, beat about, …
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SHY — Synonyms and related words : Pyrrhonic, about the bush, afraid, agnostic, apprehensive, around the bush, arrested, averse, avert, avoid, back …
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SHUFFLE
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SHIFT — Synonyms and related words : Doppler effect, aberrancy, aberration, about ship, about the bush, about-face, accommodation, action, ad hoc measure, …
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QUIBBLE — Synonyms and related words : adverse criticism, animadversion, argue, argufy, around the bush, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, bandy words, …
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