noun
- A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard.
- synonyms: pickup truck
- A warrant to take someone into custody.
- usage: "put out a pickup on that man"
- Anything with restorative powers.
- usage: "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
- synonyms: pick-me-up
- A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.
- The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration.
- usage: "his car has a lot of pickup"
- synonyms: getaway
- Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge.
- synonyms: tone arm, pickup arm
- An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable.
- synonyms: cartridge
- The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places.
- usage: "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
- The act of taking aboard passengers or freight. .
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