pickup Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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