Meaning of pickup in English

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Noun
pickup
Definitions
1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
2. a warrant to take someone into custody
Examples
- « put out a pickup on that man »
Derived terms
3. anything with restorative powers
Examples
- « she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her »
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4. a casual acquaintance
Examples
- « often made in hope of sexual relationships »
Derived terms
- pick up
5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
Examples
- « his car has a lot of pickup »
6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
7. an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
8. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
Examples
- « garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays »
Derived terms
9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
Derived terms
- pick up

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