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, dilbert

Related terms

nitpick nitpicker nitpicky

Translations

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, n

Alternative forms

nit-picking

Etymology

nit + picking

Is 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

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