pickup (n.)

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

    [ Syn: pickup truck ]

  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

    [ Syn: pick-me-up ]

  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

    [ Syn: getaway ]

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

    [ Syn: tone arm , pickup arm ]

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

    [ Syn: cartridge ]

  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

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