- cherry picker
- `cherry ,picker noun count INFORMALa vehicle with a box that can be raised to let someone in it work very high above the ground
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
cherry picker
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cherry-picker — [n] truck with raisable boom boom, cable truck, telephone truck, utility truck; concept 505 … New thesaurus
cherry picker — ☆ cherry picker n. Slang an elevator tower, or now usually a crane boom, mounted on a truck, with a platform from which spacecraft on launchers, raised electric power lines, etc. can be serviced … English World dictionary
Cherry picker — For the basketball strategy, see Cherry picking (basketball). For the historical British regiment, see 11th Hussars. Cherry picker reaching from pavement across front gardens to upstairs windows. A cherry picker (also known as a boom lift, man… … Wikipedia
cherry picker — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cherry picker : singular cherry picker plural cherry pickers informal a vehicle with a box that can be raised to let someone in it work very high above the ground … English dictionary
cherry picker — 1. a moveable boom, having a bucketlike attachment at its top that is large enough to carry a worker: used for repairing telephone lines, pruning trees, etc. 2. a vehicle equipped with such a boom. Also, cherry picker, cherrypicker. [1860 65] * * … Universalium
cherry picker — noun Date: circa 1944 1. a traveling crane equipped for holding a passenger at the end of the boom 2. one who cherry picks < cherry pickers who gobbled up bargains all over town J. S. Coyle > … New Collegiate Dictionary
cherry picker — noun informal 1》 a hydraulic crane with a railed platform for raising and lowering people. 2》 a person who cherry picks … English new terms dictionary
cherry picker — noun a) An extensible boom, usually mounted on a truck body, used by workers to reach inaccessible places as power lines and tall trees. b) A person or group who pick the best for themselves. Syn: bucket truck … Wiktionary
cherry picker — n. apparatus used in orchards for picking fruits (not only for picking cherries); mobile crane that can be raised to enable a person to work off the ground (such as working on electrical lines, pruning trees, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
cherry picker — cher′ry pick er n. 1) mac trs a movable boom topped with a bucketlike enclosure in which a worker stands while repairing telephone lines, pruning trees, etc 2) mac trs a vehicle with such a boom • Etymology: 1860–65 … From formal English to slang
