What is the meaning of pickup?

noun

  • A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard.
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge.
  • An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable.
  • 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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