Definitions For Nitpicking
Noun
NITPICKING. (countable and uncountable, plural NITPICKINGs) The painstaking process of removing nits (lice eggs) from someone's hair. (figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder. : "Of all life's pleasures, I like nitpicking the best." -- w:wally (dilbert character), wally in w:dilbert, dilbertRelated terms
nitpick nitpicker nitpickyTranslations
Arabic: تَمَحُّلُ النَّقْد, m Bengali: চুলচেরা বিচার Danish: flueknepperi, m Dutch: muggenziften, m, miereneuken Finnish: niuhotus, niuhottaminen French: pinaillerie, f, pinaillage, m, ergotage, m, chicane, f, pointilleux, m, pédanterie, f Hungarian: szőrszálhasogatás Icelandic: sparðatíningur, m Italian: pignoleria, f, cavillosità, f, pedantismo, m, puntigliosità, f Maori: totetore Norwegian: : Bokmål: flisespikkeri, nAlternative forms
nit-pickingEtymology
nit + pickingIs Nitpicking a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
24
The word Nitpicking is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Nitpicking in a Sentence
- Her husband nitpicks about everything: from how she puts the plates away to how she files the bills