pickup
/pˈɪkʌp/
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Definitions
Noun
a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
Noun
a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
Noun
anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
Noun
a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
Noun
the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
Noun
mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
Noun
an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
Noun
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
More General Terms
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