Meaning of pickup in English

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  1. Noun

    pickup

    Definitions

    1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
  2. 2. a warrant to take someone into custody

    Examples

    • « put out a pickup on that man »
  3. 3. anything with restorative powers

    Examples

    • « she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her »
  4. 4. a casual acquaintance

    Examples

    • « often made in hope of sexual relationships »
  5. 5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

    Examples

    • « his car has a lot of pickup »
  6. 6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
  7. 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. 8. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places

    Examples

    • « garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays »
  9. 9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight