The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pick-me-up \Pick"-me-up`\, n. A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pick-me-up n 1: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" [syn: pickup, pick-me-up] 2: a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) [syn: bracer, pick-me-up]