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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1848 1. one that is picked up: as a. a hitchhiker who is given a ride b. a temporary chance acquaintance c. a player acquired from another team 2. the act or process of picking up: as a. a revival of business activity b. acceleration c. the act or technique of making the acquaintance of a previously unknown person especially for amorous purposes 3. the conversion of mechanical movements into electrical impulses in the reproduction of sound; also a device (as on a phonograph) for making such conversion 4. a. the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting apparatus for conversion into electrical signals b. a device (as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or the image of a scene into electrical signals 5. a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate — called also pickup truck 6. a pickup game <playing pickup> II. adjective Date: 1909 utilizing or comprising local or available personnel especially without formal organization <a pickup basketball game> <a pickup band>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pick-up Pick"-up, or Pickup 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. 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) = Brush b. 3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Moby Thesaurus

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