"cherry picker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cherry pickers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cherry picker (plural cherry pickers)
  1. A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees. Categories (topical): Construction vehicles Synonyms (equipment): boom lift, man lift, basket crane, hydraladder, bucket truck Translations (boom lift for lifting people): hoogwerker [masculine] (Dutch), henkilönostin (Finnish), nacelle élévatrice [feminine] (French), Hubarbeitsbühne [feminine] (German), Arbeitsbühne [feminine] (German), Hebebühne [feminine] (German), autocestello (Italian), piattaforma aerea [feminine] (Italian), idroscala [feminine] (Italian), deigo hoł háádaadlohí (Navajo), autoturn [neuter] (Romanian), автомоби́ль-вы́шка (avtomobílʹ-výška) [masculine] (Russian), автовы́шка (avtovýška) [feminine] (Russian), автогидроподъёмник (avtogidropodʺjómnik) [masculine] (Russian), самохо́дная площа́дка обслу́живания (samoxódnaja ploščádka obslúživanija) [feminine] (Russian), plataforma elevadora [feminine] (Spanish), รถกระเช้า (rót-grà-cháo) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-cherry_picker-en-noun-91Usvkmv Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 22 27 24 23 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 14 14 4 Disambiguation of 'equipment': 73 2 1 1 22 Disambiguation of 'boom lift for lifting people': 56 15 11 9 8
  2. A cantilevered tool for installing or removing the engine block from a vehicle (also known as an engine crane or engine hoist) Categories (topical): Construction vehicles
    Sense id: en-cherry_picker-en-noun-wMN9OpHn Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 22 27 24 23 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 14 14 4
  3. A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks. Categories (topical): Construction vehicles Translations (one who picks the best for themselves): rusinanpoimija (Finnish), Rosinenpicker [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-cherry_picker-en-noun-NXye0AOt Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 22 27 24 23 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 14 14 4 Disambiguation of 'one who picks the best for themselves': 2 2 72 18 6
  4. A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks. Categories (topical): Construction vehicles
    Sense id: en-cherry_picker-en-noun-xRWzl1Wv Disambiguation of Construction vehicles: 22 27 24 23 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 32 14 14 4
  5. A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.
    Sense id: en-cherry_picker-en-noun-MwdHSulG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cherrypicker, cherry-picker Synonyms (person who cherry-picks, in sports): goalhanger [UK] Related terms: cherry-pick, teleporter, manlift (english: definition 2)
Disambiguation of 'person who cherry-picks, in sports': 6 5 34 32 23

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      "roman": "avtogidropodʺjómnik",
      "sense": "boom lift for lifting people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автогидроподъёмник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoxódnaja ploščádka obslúživanija",
      "sense": "boom lift for lifting people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самохо́дная площа́дка обслу́живания"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "boom lift for lifting people",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plataforma elevadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rót-grà-cháo",
      "sense": "boom lift for lifting people",
      "word": "รถกระเช้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who picks the best for themselves",
      "word": "rusinanpoimija"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who picks the best for themselves",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rosinenpicker"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cherry picker"
  ],
  "word": "cherry picker"
}

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