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- [pik uhp]
- /pɪk ʌp/
- /pɪk ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pik uhp]
- /pɪk ʌp/
Definitions of pick up words
- verb with object pick up to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience. 1
- verb with object pick up to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight. 1
- verb with object pick up to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument. 1
- verb with object pick up to steal the contents of: Her pocket was picked yesterday. 1
- verb with object pick up to open (a lock) with a device other than the key, as a sharp instrument or wire, especially for the purpose of burglary. 1
- verb with object pick up to pierce, indent, dig into, or break up (something) with a pointed instrument: to pick rock; to pick ore. 1
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Origin of pick up
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; v. Middle English pyken, pikken, pekken, cognate with Dutch pikken, German picken, Old Norse pikka to pick; akin to peck2, pike5; (noun) derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Pick up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pick up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pick up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pick up
verb pick up
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accessing — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accroach — to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
- acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- apperceive — to be aware of perceiving
noun pick up
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
- gainings — profits or earnings
- glom — to steal.
- mitt — Baseball. a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers. a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
Antonyms for pick up
verb pick up
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- let the cat out of the bag — a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, bred in a number of varieties.
- mouthed — having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- mouthing — the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- down — from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
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