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Word: pick up (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also '''pick-up line''', '''pick-up joint''', '''pickup artist'''.
  • attributive An impromptu athletic game.
  • The act of picking up something or someone.
  • US A pickup truck.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To improve, increase, or speed up.
  • intransitive To restart or resume.
  • (of a radio signal, etc.) To receive.
  • To pay for.
  • by extension To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
  • or|intransitive To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
  • or|intransitive To clean up; to return to an organized state.
  • transitive To collect and detain (a suspect).
  • transitive To collect an object, especially in passing.
  • transitive To collect a passenger.
  • transitive To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
  • transitive To lift; to grasp and raise.
  • transitive To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation, sometimes used with "on".
  • transitive To point out (a person's behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner.

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