NITPICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitpick mean? 

• NITPICK (verb)
  The verb NITPICK has 1 sense:

1. be overly critical; criticize minor details

  Familiarity information: NITPICK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITPICK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nitpick    ... he / she / it nitpicks   
Past simple: nitpicked   
Past participle: nitpicked   
-ing form: nitpicking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be overly critical; criticize minor details

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "nitpick" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

nitpicker (someone who makes small and unjustified criticisms)