cherry picker

See also: cherrypicker and cherry-picker

English

a cherry picker mounted on a pickup truck

Alternative forms

cherrypicker, cherry-picker

Noun

cherry picker (plural cherry pickers)

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.
A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.

Synonyms

(equipment): boom lift, man lift, basket crane, hydraladder, bucket truck
(person who cherry-picks, in sports): goalhanger (UK)

Translations

boom lift for lifting people

Finnish: henkilönostin
French: nacelle élévatrice (fr) f

Navajo: deigo hoł háádaadlohí

one who picks the best for themselves

Finnish: rusinanpoimija

See also

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