About The Word Pickup

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Pickup

Pickup Meaning & Definition
Pickup Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pickup?

[n] the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
[n] the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
[n] an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
[n] a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
[n] anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
[n] mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
[n] the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
[n] (informal) a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
[n] a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pickup: cartridge | getaway | pick-me-up | pickup arm | pickup truck | tone arm

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pickup: 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

See Also | acceleration | acquaintance | acquiring | aggregation | arrest warrant | assembling | bench warrant | collecting | collection | conveyance | corrective | crystal pickup | electro-acoustic transducer | friend | garbage collection | garbage pickup | getting | mechanical device | motortruck | phonograph | record player | restorative | stylus | transfer | transferral | transportation | trash collection | trash pickup | truck

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