To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call. / To answer an incoming telephone call.

Alternative form of pick-up line

A place, such as a nightclub, where people congregate in order to find a romantic or sexual partner.

(idiomatic) To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac.

Stitches that were added to the row, during knitting.

A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger.

To accelerate

plural of pick up truck an alternative spelling of pick-up truck

plural of pick-me-up

(idiomatic) To insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.