pickeer
verb
pick·eer pi-ˈkir 
pickeered; pickeering; pickeers
intransitive verb
archaic
: to skirmish in advance of an army
also : scout, reconnoiter
Word History
Etymology
probably modification of French picorer to maraud, perhaps from Middle French pecore sheep, from Old Italian pecora — more at pecorino
First Known Use
1644, in the meaning defined above
- fast worker
- fast-break
- fast-breeder
- fast-casual
- fast-casuals
- fast-food
- fast-forward
- fast-forwarded
- fast-forwarding
- fast-forwards
- fast-joint
- fast-lane
- fast-mass
- fast-moving
- fast-paced
- fast-pitch
- fast-stepping
- fast-talk
- fast-talked
- fast-talker
- fast-talkers
- fast-talking
- fast-talks
- fast-track
- fast-tracked