pick-me-up

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pick-me-up

noun pick-me-ups

  1. informal A drink, often an alcoholic one, taken as a stimulant or sometimes as a hangover cure; a restorative, tonic or bracer. Strong tea is just the pick-me-up that I need right now.
  2. Something that improves one's mood. A trip into town for lunch with my friend was a nice pick-me-up today.

Similar: picker-upper

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noun drink

Españolreconstituyente, analéptico, revitalizador, energizante
DeutschMageneinrenker
Русскийтонизи́рующее сре́дство tonizírujuščeje srédstvo

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@misc{pick_me_up_2026,
  title = {pick-me-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pick-me-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}