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"text": "Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone.",
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{
"ref": "2013 July 2, Stuart Heritage, “Pickup lines: tell us your best – and the worst you've ever heard”, in The Guardian",
"text": "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?\", […]",
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"word": "chat-up line"
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"word": "opener"
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{
"word": "pick up line"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "floreta"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "情話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "qínghuà",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "情话"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "土味情話"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǔwèi qínghuà",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "土味情话"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "scorereplik"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "openingszin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "iskurepliikki"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "iskurepla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "phrase d’accroche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "phrase d’approche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "disquette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anmachspruch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anmache"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "atáka",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ατάκα"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "veiðilína"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "pikköpplína"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "bólbeita"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "gombalan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "pemikat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "frase da rimorchio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "frase d'approccio"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "shakaruka"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "kata pikat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podryw"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "cantada"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "replică de agățat"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "upucavanje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "ulet"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"Argentina"
],
"word": "piropo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "raggningsreplik"
}
]
}
],
"word": "pick-up line"
}
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"plural"
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "pickup artist"
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Freddie has a new pick-up line for every girl he meets in the bar, but he always goes home alone.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 July 2, Stuart Heritage, “Pickup lines: tell us your best – and the worst you've ever heard”, in The Guardian",
"text": "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?\", […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A short introduction or comment intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger."
],
"links": [
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"comment"
],
[
"intend",
"intend"
],
[
"interest",
"interest"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "chat-up line"
},
{
"word": "opener"
}
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pick up line"
},
{
"word": "pickup line"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "floreta"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "情話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qínghuà",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "情话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "土味情話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǔwèi qínghuà",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "土味情话"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "scorereplik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "openingszin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "iskurepliikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "iskurepla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "phrase d’accroche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "phrase d’approche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "disquette"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anmachspruch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Anmache"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "atáka",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ατάκα"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "veiðilína"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "pikköpplína"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "bólbeita"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "gombalan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "pemikat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "frase da rimorchio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "frase d'approccio"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "shakaruka"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "kata pikat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podryw"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "cantada"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "replică de agățat"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "upucavanje"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"word": "ulet"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"Argentina"
],
"word": "piropo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "short introduction intended to garner romantic or sexual interest from a stranger",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "raggningsreplik"
}
],
"word": "pick-up line"
}
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