Definition of pick#up in English English dictionary
- pick
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe
- pick
- A good defensive play by an infielder
- pick
- To decide between options
I'll pick the one with the nicest name.
- pick
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair
- pick
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum
- pick
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released
He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled.
- pick
- A screen
- pick
- An interception
- pick
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground
It's time to pick the tomatoes.
- pick
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate
- pick
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument
He picked his nose.
- pick
- Short for pick-off
- pick
- A choice
- pick
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock
- pick
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails
Don't pick at that scab.
- pick 'n' mix
- a selection of different articles (such as sweets), arranged in trays, that can be chosen in any combination and paid for by weight or number
- pick and place
- Of or pertaining to a robot whose main purpose is to pick up objects and place them somewhere else
Many assembly lines use pick and place robots to do repetitive tasks such as placing small components onto circuit boards..
- pick and roll
- an offensive play in which a player stops to block a defender for a teammate handling the ball and then slips behind the defender to accept a pass
- pick apart
- to defeat crushingly
- pick apart
- to criticise (especially small details)
- pick apart
- to review or analyse in great detail
- pick corners
- To choose a preference (as in predicting which boxer will win a match)
- pick of the litter
- The best person or item in a group
Of the books I read this summer, A Tale of Two Cities was the pick of the litter.
- pick off
- An instance of throwing out a batter leading off base
The final out of the game was determined by a pick off.
- pick off
- Successfully picking off a runner
The pitcher picked off the runner to get an out.
- pick off
- An attempt to throw out a runner leading off a base
The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.
- pick on
- To bully, harass or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass
Hey! Quit picking on your brother.
- pick one's nose
- To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus
You can pick your friends; you can pick your nose; but you can't pick your friends' noses.
- pick out
- to distinguish
The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of look-alikes.
- pick out
- to select
Very often husbands would patronise my boutique and pick out something for the little lady and, in passing, pick out something for themselves.
- pick out
- to remove by picking
Madame Defarge herself picked out the pattern on her sleeve with her toothpick, and saw and heard something inaudible and invisible a long way off.
- pick out
- to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.
- pick out
- to send a long pass or cross to
Ameobi skipped away down the left in the 39th minute and tried to pick out Shearer with a cross but his delivery was cut out by goalkeeper Jussi J.
- pick out of a hat
- To determine by chance
- pick out of a hat
- To substitute a guess for unavailable data
That number was just picked out of a hat.
- pick six
- An interception, or pick, returned for a touchdown, for six points
- pick sixes
- plural form of pick six
- pick someone's brain
- To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone
After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.
- pick up
- To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation
She could tell he intended to pick up on her.
- pick up
- To receive (a radio signal or the like)
With the new antenna, I can pick up stations all the way from Omaha.
- pick up
- To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on"
Did you pick up on his nervousness?.
- pick up
- To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand
It looks complicated, but you'll soon pick it up.
- pick up
- To lift; to grasp and raise
When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
- pick up
- To reduce the despondency of
they pick me up when I'm feeling blue.
- pick up
- To take control (physically) of something
- pick up
- To collect an object, especially in passing
Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?.
- pick up
- To collect a passenger
I'll pick you up outside the library.
- pick up
- To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely
- pick up
- The act of obtaining something or someone (usually onto a vehicle). The time the act occurs
- pick up
- To improve, increase, or speed up
Prices seem to be picking up again.
- pick up
- To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner
She's always picking me up on my grammar.
- pick up
- To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone
I'm calling him, but he just isn't picking up!.
- pick up
- To restart or resume
Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
- pick up
- To collect and detain (a suspect)
The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.
- pick up
- A pickup truck
- pick up
- To clean up; to return to an organized state
You're lucky, said Marla. My mother makes me pick up my room every single day..
- pick up
- 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
Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pick up, I'm not interested.
- pick up
- To pay for
The company will pick up lunch with customers for sales calls.
- pick up
- An impromptu athletic game
At lunch we had a game of pick up hockey.
- pick up line
- An utterance whose aim is to seduce a potential partner
- pick up stitches
- stitches that were added to the row, during knitting
- pick up stitches
- to add ("pick up") stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac
- pick up the phone
- To pick up the receiver of a telephone
- pick up the phone
- To answer an incoming telephone call
- pick up the tab
- to accept a charge and pay for it, especially at a bar or restaurant
- pick up truck
- Alternative spelling of pickup truck
- pick up trucks
- plural form of pick up truck an alternative spelling of pick-up truck
- pick-me-up
- a drink, especially an alcoholic one, taken as a stimulant or sometimes as a hangover cure; a restorative, tonic or bracer
- pick-up
- Attributive form of pick up
pick-up line.
- pick-up joint
- a place, such as a nightclub, where people congregate in order to find a partner
- pick-up line
- A vocal introduction intended to garner sexual interest from a stranger
Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone.
- pick
- a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick" a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" a thin sharp implement used for picking; "he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks" a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone" select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully" look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice" provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel" pilfer or rob; "pick pockets
- pick something up off the street
- (Ev ile ilgili) Learn something naturally outside from the people and their life
- pick up steam
- Start to be much more effective or successful
- pick
- {v} to choose, gather, separate, clean, strike pull, rob, open, eat slowly or a very little
- pick
- {n} a pustule, scab, mark, dint
- pick someone up
- 1. go somewhere to collect someone. 2.casually strike up a relationship with someone as a sexual overture. 3. return to a point or remark made by someone in order to criticize it
- pick something up
- resume something
- pick something up
- obtain, acquire, or learn something. catch an illness or infection
- pick something up
- collect something that has been left elsewhere
- pick something up
- tidy a room or building
- pick something up
- (also pick up on) refer to or develop a point or topic mentioned earlier. become aware of or sensitive to something
- pick up on
- (deyim) Adopt as one's own, take up
- pick up on
- (deyim) a.) Undetrstand, appreciate. b.) Become aware of, notice
- pick up the pace
- Go a little faster, step on it. "We're walking rather slowly. Can we pick up the pace?"
- pick up the slack
- (deyim) Improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business
- pick up the slack
- (deyim) 1. to make a system or organization as efficient as possible by making sure that money, space, or people are fully used.2. to do something that needs to be done because someone else is no longer doing it3. to make a rope tighter
Without another contract to help pick up the slack, employees may face job losses.
- pick-up line
- A pick-up line is intended to be short and easy method of "picking up" (i.e., engaging) another person for sex, romance,or dating. They are usually used to initiate a conversation (an opener). The line is usually brief, and is intended to display wit and arousal to its targeted listener. However, the very nature of pick-up lines, short and often crude, means that there is a low chance of success when they are used
