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Definition of Pickup
1. Noun. A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard.
2. Noun. A warrant to take someone into custody. "Put out a pickup on that man"
Language type: Colloquialism
Derivative terms: Pick Up
3. Noun. Anything with restorative powers. "She needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
4. Noun. A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.
5. Noun. The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. "His car has a lot of pickup"
6. Noun. Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge.
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Group relationships: Phonograph, Record Player
7. Noun. An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable.
Specialized synonyms: Crystal Pickup
Generic synonyms: Electro-acoustic Transducer
Group relationships: Phonograph, Record Player
Terms within: Stylus
8. Noun. The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places. "Garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
Specialized synonyms: Garbage Collection, Garbage Pickup, Trash Collection, Trash Pickup
Derivative terms: Pick Up, Pick Up
9. Noun. The act of taking aboard passengers or freight.
Group relationships: Conveyance, Transfer, Transferral, Transport, Transportation
Derivative terms: Pick Up
Definition of Pickup
1. n. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
Definition of Pickup
1. Noun. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player. ¹
2. Noun. (US Canada) A pickup truck. ¹
3. Noun. (attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games. ¹
4. Noun. An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also '''pick-up line''', '''pick-up joint''', '''pickup artist'''. ¹
5. Noun. (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up. ¹
6. Noun. (US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also '''gain''' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pickup
1. a small truck [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickup
Literary usage of Pickup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1889)
"1880 the Blackburn borough surveyor served the said Richard pickup with notice
under the ... R. pickup failed to do the work required, and the plaintiff did ..."
2. The Express Service and Rates by William Henry Chandler (1914)
"pickup AND DELIVERY SERVICE In many of the eastern states the trolley express
does not give a pickup and delivery service; such lines maintain one or more ..."
3. A Concise Treatise on the Law of Wills by Henry Studdy Theobald (1881)
"... this effect where it is used with oth er profits. words, none of which have
the same specific force. pickup v. Atkinson, 4 Ha. 624; see, too, Booth v. ..."
4. Apollo's Warriors: United States Air Force Special Operations During the by Michael E. Haas (1998)
"20 Officially named the "Personnel pickup Ground Station," it was known more
simply by the designated pickup aircrews as "the snatch system. ..."
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