Dictionary

pick-up line en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or 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.
   • Obviously, the real skill of the pickup line is to possess a moronic amount of self-belief[…] but it's worth persevering with. Rod Stewart, for example, puts his 30-year run of successful pickups down to a curious "What have you got in that handbag?", […] 2013 July 2, Stuart Heritage, “Pickup lines: tell us your best – and the worst you've ever heard”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Hypernyms

line[Appendix:Glossary

Relateds

pickup artist

Synonyms

opener · chat-up line

Translations (30)

sv raggningsreplik (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · da scorereplik (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · is pikköpplína (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · fr phrase d'accroche (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · fi iskurepliikki (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · sh upucavanje (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · pt cantada (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · id gombalan (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · cmn 情話 /情话 (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · lad shakaruka (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · sh ulet (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · fi iskurepla (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · nl openingszin (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · pt piropo (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · id pemikat (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · cmn 土味情話 /土味情话 (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · el ατάκα (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · de Anmache (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · de Anmachspruch (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · fr disquette (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · ro replică de agățat (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · is bólbeita (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · pl tekst na podryw (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · es piropo (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · it frase da rimorchio (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · fr phrase d'approche (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · ms kata pikat (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · is veiðilína (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · it frase d'approccio (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger) · ca floreta (short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger)

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