Look, I'm visibly happy to get picked up (7)

I believe the answer is:

eyebeam

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'visibly happy to get picked up' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'look i'm' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'eye' (eyeing is a kind of looking).
'i'm' becomes 'beam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eye'+'beam'='EYEBEAM'

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