nitpick

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• /ˈnɪt.pɪk/
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From nit + pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: ধৰ (dhor) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Catalan: filar prim — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Cantonese: 找碴 (zaau2 zaa1) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Cantonese: 找岔子 (zaau2 caa3 zi2) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese: 蹊蹺 /蹊跷 (khi-khiau) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹毛求疵 (chuīmáoqiúcī) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹求 (chuīqiú) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑刺 (tiāocì) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑錯 /挑错 (tiāocuò) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑剔 (tiāoti) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 找碴 (zhǎochá) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Chinese Mandarin: 找岔子 (zhǎo chàzi) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Dutch: muggenziften — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Dutch: mierenneuken — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Dutch: vitten — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Finnish: nipottaa — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Finnish: saivarrella — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Finnish: hifistellä — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Finnish: viilata pilkkua — to correct minutiae or find fault
• French: pinailler — to correct minutiae or find fault
• French: chercher la petite bête — to correct minutiae or find fault
• French: chicaner — to correct minutiae or find fault
• French: chipoter — to correct minutiae or find fault
• French: mégoter — to correct minutiae or find fault
• West-Frisian: miggesiftsje — to correct minutiae or find fault
• German: pingelig sein — to correct minutiae or find fault
• German: herumnörgeln — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Hungarian: akadékoskodik — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Hungarian: kötözködik — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Hungarian: gáncsoskodik — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Indonesian: rewel — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Indonesian: cerewet — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Italian: cercare il pelo nell'uovo — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Italian: cavillare — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Italian: impancarsi — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Italian: fiscaleggiare — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Italian: pignoleggiare — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Japanese: 揚げ足を取る (ageashi o toru) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Japanese: 咎める (togameru) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Japanese: 拘る (kodawaru) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Japanese: 粗探しする (arasagashi suru) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Latin: cavillor — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Macedonian: ситничари (sitničari) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Macedonian: цепидлачи (cepidlači) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Macedonian: го тупи курот (go tupi kurot) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Macedonian: тупи (tupi) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Maltese: fettaq — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Māori: toretore — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjegle — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: czepiać się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: czepić się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: przyczepiać się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: przyczepić się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: szukać dziury w całym — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: przypieprzać się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: przypierdalać się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: przypierdolić się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Polish: przypierdzielać się — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Portuguese: procurar pelo em ovo — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Portuguese: implicar — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Romanian: căuta nod în papură — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Russian: придира́ться (pridirátʹsja) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Serbo-Croatian: цепидлачити — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Serbo-Croatian: цјепидлачити — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Serbo-Croatian: cepidlačiti — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Serbo-Croatian: cjepidlačiti — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Spanish: buscar el pelo en el huevo — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Spanish: buscarle tres pies al gato — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Spanish: buscarle la quinta pata al gato — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Spanish: cogérsela con papel de fumar — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Swedish: kritisera småsaker — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Turkish: dananın altında buzağı aramak — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Vietnamese: câu chấp — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Yakut: тутус (tutus) — to correct minutiae or find fault
• Danish: fluekneppe — to pick nits
• Dutch: vlooien — to pick nits
• Finnish: nyppiä loisia — to pick nits
• Finnish: saivarrella — to pick nits
• French: chercher les poux — to pick nits
• German: lausen — to pick nits
• Japanese: シラミを取る (shirami o toru) — to pick nits
• Macedonian: пошти (pošti) — to pick nits
• Portuguese: catar piolho — to pick nits
• Romanian: păduchea — to pick nits
• Romanian: despăduchea — to pick nits
• Serbo-Croatian: биштати — to pick nits
• Serbo-Croatian: бискати — to pick nits
• Serbo-Croatian: bištati — to pick nits
• Serbo-Croatian: biskati — to pick nits