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List of meaning for pickup

pickup, pickup truck(noun)

a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

pickup(noun)

a warrant to take someone into custody

"put out a pickup on that man"

pickup, pick-me-up(noun)

anything with restorative powers

"she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"

pickup(noun)

a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

pickup, getaway(noun)

the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

"his car has a lot of pickup"

tone arm, pickup, pickup arm(noun)

mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

cartridge, pickup(noun)

an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

pickup(noun)

the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places

"garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"

pickup(noun)

the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in

he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks

to bring together in one body or place

pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for

could you pick up some milk at the store?

to gradually increase in

the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat

to move from a lower to a higher place or position

pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law

police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff

I thought you said you had picked up, so why are these things still lying around the rec room?

to begin again or return to after an interruption

after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off

to make neat

the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while

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