pickup
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- noun
- /ˈpɪkʌp/
- NSFW
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comunidad pickup
- Many people practice their pickup techniques to become better at attracting potential partners.
- a pickup line
Just then a couple people submitted geek pickup lines.
- Just then a couple people submitted geek pickup lines.
- That's why I hate pickup, you know, I'm not giving how to get girl advice.
- Buckle up and prepare to be swept off your bipedal actuators as I treat you to these real AI pickup lines.
Examples
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That's about the top of the list of the fifty worst pickup lines.
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The pent-up sexual energy can easily transform the gathering into a kind of pickup scene.
Academic text (2011) -
I got that from a pickup book.
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Well, you just got to figure out another pickup line.
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Give me your best pickup line.
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Sound like a pickup line or something, but, um, meeting you was kind of a big deal for me.
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- One of the pickup guys walked right past me.
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Trust me, crowded city streets are the wrong place to go practicing pickup lines.
Blog text (2) -
- No wait, you're that um, the pickup artist guy right?
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When I was at university, my friend Bruno claimed to have the ideal pickup line.
Academic text (2011)
Compounds
- Archaic
A small part in a record player that uses a crystal to make electric signals from the needle's movement
- Specialized
A movable arm on a record player that holds the needle and follows the grooves
- Archaic
An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pickup: The word pickup for the social practice comes from the same phrase pick up, meaning 'to meet or attract someone'. The name is used for a group of people who learn routines to 'pick up' partners.