'Pickup' definitions:
Definition of 'pickup'
From: WordNet
noun
A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard [syn: pickup, pickup truck]
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" [syn: pickup, pick-me-up]
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" [syn: pickup, getaway]
noun
Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge [syn: tone arm, pickup, pickup arm]
noun
An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge, pickup]
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
Definition of 'Pickup'
From: GCIDE
- Pickup \Pick"up\, or Pick-up \Pick"-up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang]
- 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same as Brush b. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 4. a social companion for the evening who is met without prior arrangement, as at a singles bar; also, the act of joining with such a companion in that fashion. [PJC]
- 5. (Automobiles) acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate. [PJC]
- 6. (Electronics) a component of a phonograph which contains the stylus and also components for converting the vibrations of the stylus into electrical impulses for subsequent processing into sound; often referred to as a cartridge; also, the process of converting vibrations into electrical impulses. [PJC]
- 7. (Electronics) the conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device. [PJC]
- 8. (Vehicles) a small truck having an enclosed driver's compartment (cab) but an open rear with usually low sides and a tailgate. Also called pickup truck. [PJC]
- 9. a hitchhiker who has been picked up. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'pickup'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- acquaintance,
- advance,
- advancement,
- advocate,
- aggravation,
- airing,
- alter ego,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- apprehension,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- ascent,
- audio sound system,
- audiophile,
- backer,
- bad woman,
- baggage,
- beefing-up,
- best friend,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- binaural system,
- bitch,
- bitch box,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- booking,
- boost,
- bosom friend,
- bracer,
- broad,
- brother,
- bullhorn,
- cartridge,
- casual acquaintance,
- ceramic pickup,
- changer,
- chippy,
- clitoromaniac,
- close acquaintance,
- close friend,
- cocotte,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- confidant,
- confidante,
- consolidation,
- crystal pickup,
- deepening,
- derived four-channel system,
- detention,
- discrete four-channel system,
- drab,
- drive,
- easy lay,
- easy woman,
- enhancement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- explosion,
- familiar,
- favorer,
- fellow,
- fellow creature,
- fellowman,
- floozy,
- four-channel stereo system,
- frail sister,
- friend,
- furtherance,
- getaway,
- Gramophone,
- Great Leap Forward,
- grisette,
- harridan,
- headway,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- hi-fi,
- hi-fi fan,
- high-fidelity,
- hussy,
- hysteromaniac,
- impetus,
- improvement,
- information explosion,
- inseparable friend,
- intensification,
- intercom,
- intercommunication system,
- intimate,
- jade,
- Jezebel,
- joyride,
- jukebox,
- lift,
- loose woman,
- lover,
- magnetic pickup,
- magnification,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- mobile camera,
- monaural system,
- mono,
- nab,
- needle,
- neighbor,
- nickelodeon,
- nymphet,
- nympho,
- nymphomaniac,
- other self,
- outside pickup,
- PA,
- PA system,
- partisan,
- phonograph,
- photoelectric pickup,
- pick-me-up,
- pinch,
- population explosion,
- preferment,
- progress,
- progression,
- promotion,
- public-address system,
- quadraphonic sound system,
- quean,
- quickening,
- radio-phonograph combination,
- record changer,
- record player,
- recovery,
- redoubling,
- refresher,
- reinforcement,
- remote pickup,
- repository,
- restoration,
- revival,
- reviver,
- ride,
- rise,
- slut,
- sound reproduction system,
- sound truck,
- speedup,
- spin,
- spot pickup,
- squawk box,
- step-up,
- stereo,
- strengthening,
- strumpet,
- stylus,
- Sunday drive,
- supporter,
- sympathizer,
- system,
- tape deck,
- tape recorder,
- tart,
- telecamera,
- television camera,
- thrust,
- tightening,
- tone arm,
- transcription turntable,
- trollop,
- trull,
- turntable,
- upbeat,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility,
- uteromaniac,
- Victrola,
- wanton,
- well-wisher,
- wench,
- whirl,
- whore