Pick-me-up

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pick-me-up \Pick"-me-up`\, n.
     A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pick-me-up
       n 1: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup
            that coffee always gave her" [syn: {pickup}]
       2: a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) [syn:
          {bracer}]