pick-up line
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See also: pick up line and pickup line
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pick-up line (plural pick-up lines)
- A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger.
- Synonyms: (chiefly UK) chat-up line, opener
- Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone.
- 2013 July 2, Stuart Heritage, “Pickup lines: tell us your best – and the worst you've ever heard”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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?", […]
Translations
[edit]short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
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