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pickup

pic·kup

UK/ˈpɪkʌp/ US/ˈpɪˌkʌp/ fairly common us

noun

1.

a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

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2.

a warrant to take someone into custody

  • “put out a pickup on that man”
3.

anything with restorative powers

  • “she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her”
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4.

a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

5.

the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

  • “his car has a lot of pickup”
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6.

mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

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7.

an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

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8.

the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places

  • “garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays”
9.

the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

Origin

From pick + up.

Phrases

  • 52 pickup
  • 52-card pickup
  • bind on pickup
  • humbucking pickup
  • negative pickup
  • pickup community
  • pickup cover
  • pickup line

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