Meanings
plural pick-up lines · alternative pick up line · alternative pickup line
- A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger.
Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone.
1 more example
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?", […]
2013 July 2, Stuart Heritage, “Pickup lines: tell us your best – and the worst you've ever heard”, in The GuardianSynonyms: chat-up line, opener
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger.
Translations
Catalan floreta
- floretashort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Chinese Mandarin 情話 /情话, 土味情話 /土味情话
- 情話 /情话 (qínghuà)short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- 土味情話 /土味情话 (tǔwèi qínghuà)short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Danish scorereplik
- scorereplikshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Dutch openingszin
- openingszinshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Finnish iskurepliikki, iskurepla
- iskurepliikkishort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- iskureplashort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
French phrase d'accroche, phrase d'approche
- phrase d'accrocheshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- phrase d'approcheshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- disquetteshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
German Anmachspruch, Anmache
- Anmachspruchshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- Anmacheshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Greek ατάκα
- ατάκα (atáka)short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Icelandic veiðilína, pikköpplína
- veiðilínashort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- pikköpplínashort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- bólbeitashort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Indonesian gombalan, pemikat
- gombalanshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- pemikatshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Italian frase da rimorchio, frase d'approccio
- frase da rimorchioshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- frase d'approccioshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Malay kata pikat
- kata pikatshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Polish tekst na podryw
- tekst na podrywshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Portuguese cantada, piropo
- cantadashort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
- piroposhort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Romanian replică de agățat
- replică de agățatshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Spanish piropo
- piroposhort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Swedish raggningsreplik
- raggningsreplikshort introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger
Cite this entry
pick-up line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick-up%20line
“pick-up line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick-up%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pick-up line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick-up%20line.
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