pickup

/pˈɪkʌp/

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