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pick-me-up

 
Dictionary: pick-me-up   (pĭk'mē-ŭp')
n. Informal
A drink, often an alcoholic beverage, taken as a stimulant or a cure for a hangover.


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noun

    A medicine that restores or increases vigor: restorative, roborant, tonic. Informal bracer. See help/harm/harmless.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: anything with restorative powers
  Synonym: pickup

Meaning #2: a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor)
  Synonym: bracer


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - opstrammer

Nederlands (Dutch)
opkikkertje

Français (French)
n. - remontant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stärkungsmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τονωτικό ποτό ή φάρμακο

Italiano (Italian)
tonico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bebida estimulante (f)

Русский (Russian)
средство от похмелья

Español (Spanish)
n. - tónico, reconstituyente, estimulante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - styrketår, ngt uppiggande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
提神的饮食, 妓女, 兴奋剂

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 提神的飲食, 妓女, 興奮劑

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회복약, 흥분제

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回復薬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التقطني, أمسك ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקה מחזק, חוויה מעודדת, חדשות טובות‬


 
 
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