Transcription
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- [pik mee uhp]
- /pɪk mi ʌp/
- /pɪk miː ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pik mee uhp]
- /pɪk mi ʌp/
Definitions of pick-me-up word
- noun pick-me-up an alcoholic drink taken to restore one's energy or good spirits. 1
- noun pick-me-up any restorative, as a snack or coffee. 1
- noun pick-me-up tonic or remedy 1
- countable noun pick-me-up A pick-me-up is something that you have or do when you are tired or depressed in order to make you feel better. 0
- noun pick-me-up a tonic or restorative, esp a special drink taken as a stimulant 0
- noun pick-me-up an alcoholic drink taken to raise one's spirits 0
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Origin of pick-me-up
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; noun use v. of phrase pick me up
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Parts of speech for Pick-me-up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pick-me-up popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for pick-me-up
adj pick-me-up
- alleviative — Also, alleviatory [uh-lee-vee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /əˈli vi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ (Show IPA). serving to alleviate; palliative.
- curative — Something that has curative properties can cure people's illnesses.
- medicable — responsive to medical treatment; curable.
- medicative — medicinal.
noun pick-me-up
- analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
- bracer — a person or thing that braces
- conditioner — A conditioner is a substance which you can put on your hair after you have washed it to make it softer.
- leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- drink — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
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