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21pick-me-up — pick me ups N COUNT A pick me up is something that you have or do when you are tired or depressed in order to make you feel better. [INFORMAL] When you crave a pick me up, don t reach for chocolate or coffee try peppermint oil instead... This is… …
22pick up — Golf take hold of and lift up one s ball, especially when conceding a hole. → pick pick up improve or increase. → pick …
23Pick — Pick, v. i. 1. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. [1913 Webster] Why stand st thou picking? Is thy palate sore? Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something… …
24Pick-up — 〈[ ʌ̣p] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. Kleintransporter mit offener Ladefläche 2. Tonabnehmer 3. 〈kurz für〉 Pick up Shop [Etym.: <engl. pick up »aufnehmen«] …
25pick up — (something) to answer the telephone. Her answering machine came on, and I yelled, Pick up, Marie! Pick up the phone! …
26pick|ax — or pick|axe «PIHK AKS», noun, verb, axed, axing. –n. a tool with a heavy metal bar, pointed at one or both ends, attached through the center to a wooden handle; pick. It is used for breaking and prying up earth, rocks, and other compacted or… …
27pick|er — pick|er1 «PIHK uhr», noun. 1. a person who gathers, picks, or collects: »an apple picker, a ragpicker. 2. a tool or machine for picking anything: »Mr. Alleman showed…the corn picker with which he can pick twenty acres of corn in a ten hour day… …
28pick|y — «PIHK ee», adjective, pick|i|er, pick|i|est. U.S. Informal. 1. choosy; particular: »People are very picky this year in buying new cars …
29Pick-me-up — n. A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
30pick-up — / pikʌp/, it. /pi kap/ s. ingl. [comp. di (to ) pick prendere e up su ; propr. raccoglitore ], usato in ital. al masch. (elettron.) [nei giradischi, la puntina e il trasduttore usati per rivelare il suono registrato] ▶◀ fonorivelatore, testina …
