pickup

Meanings

Plural: pickups

Noun

• a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
• a warrant to take someone into custody
  • "put out a pickup on that man"
• anything with restorative powers
  • "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
• a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
  • "his car has a lot of pickup"
• mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
• the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
  • "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
• the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
• An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
• In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
• An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
• Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
• An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
• The reception of sound, etc. by such a device.
• Ellipsis of pickup truck.
• Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
• An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
• A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
• In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
• An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
• The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
• The act of answering a telephone.
• A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
• The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
• A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
• The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
• The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.

Verb

• Misspelling of pick up.

Synonyms

cartridge, getaway, phono cartridge, pick-me-up, pickup arm, pickup truck, tone arm