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Meaning of pickin' and grinnin' | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.

US, idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“From Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap there was a lot less pickin’ and grinnin’ and a lot more soft rockers and heartbroken love ballads.”

“In this city of guitars and grits, Andersen is the ambassador of pickin’ and grinnin’.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

pickiness Picking picking and grinning picking by SKU picking quarrels and provoking trouble picking up the mantle