0 something that makes you feel better, often a drink or a tonic (= a type of medicine):
It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up.
1 something, often food or drink, that gives you more energy or makes you feel better:
The agricultural labourers do not take their beer in excess; to the vast majority of them it is a relief and a pick-me-up after heavy work.
A third difference is that last time the capitalist restoration took place successfully for ten years without having to resort to the social drug and economic pick-me-up of rearmament.
It's good to have something positive, especially for kids in small towns, like myself, who need a little pick-me-up.
Pinang was initially used as a kind of herbal plant, although in modern times it is mostly taken as a kind of pick-me-up.
It was a little pick-me-up for everyone.
Taking a dip in the sea was salubrious and prescribed as general pick-me-ups and for serious medical conditions.
