Pickup - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɪkʌp|  American pronunciation of the word pickup
Brit.  |ˈpɪkʌp|  British pronunciation of the word pickup

noun

- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- a warrant to take someone into custody
put out a pickup on that man
- anything with restorative powers (syn: pick-me-up)
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 (syn: getaway)
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 (syn: cartridge)
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays
- the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

Extra examples

The fee pays for garbage pickup.

The school bus was late for its afternoon pickup.

The truck is scheduled to make a pickup today.

He plays with pickup bands at nightclubs.

What's the pickup scene like in this city?

...a whale of a pickup truck...

The taxi driver said I was the first pickup that he'd had all evening.

The garbage just piled up all summer. No pickup.

Bartender, I need a pickup.

This fabric has a nasty wool pickup.

He hitched our pickup to his trailer.

Don't take a pickup, this area is too dangerous!

The pickup point for the long-distance coaches is now in the new bus station.

The next pickup will be at 8:15.

Word forms

noun
singular: pickup
plural: pickups
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