Quick definitions from WordNet (pick up)
▸ verb: recieve (perceptual input) ("Pick up a signal")
▸ verb: buy casually or spontaneously
▸ verb: get in addition, as an increase
▸ verb: meet someone for sexual purposes ("He always tries to pick up girls in bars")
▸ verb: lift out or reflect from a background
▸ verb: take up by hand
▸ verb: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
▸ verb: take and lift upward
▸ verb: perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
▸ verb: gather or collect ("They pick up our trash twice a week")
▸ verb: eat by pecking at, like a bird
▸ verb: get better
▸ verb: gain or regain energy
▸ verb: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
▸ verb: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
▸ verb: take into custody
▸ Also see pick_ups
▸ Words similar to pick up
▸ Usage examples for pick up
▸ Words that often appear near pick up
▸ Rhymes of pick up
▸ Invented words related to pick up
▸ verb: recieve (perceptual input) ("Pick up a signal")
▸ verb: buy casually or spontaneously
▸ verb: get in addition, as an increase
▸ verb: meet someone for sexual purposes ("He always tries to pick up girls in bars")
▸ verb: lift out or reflect from a background
▸ verb: take up by hand
▸ verb: give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
▸ verb: take and lift upward
▸ verb: perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
▸ verb: gather or collect ("They pick up our trash twice a week")
▸ verb: eat by pecking at, like a bird
▸ verb: get better
▸ verb: gain or regain energy
▸ verb: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
▸ verb: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
▸ verb: take into custody
▸ Also see pick_ups
▸ Words similar to pick up
▸ Usage examples for pick up
▸ Words that often appear near pick up
▸ Rhymes of pick up
▸ Invented words related to pick up