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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 »
3.
anything with restorative powers
Examples
« she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her »
4.
a casual acquaintance
Examples
« often made in hope of sexual relationships »
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 »
9.
the act of taking aboard passengers or freight