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noun (n)

• a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  pickup truck
  

  source: wordnet30
• a warrant to take someone into custody(noun.communication)

  Example:
  Put out a pickup on that man.
  

  source: wordnet30
• anything with restorative powers(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  She needed the pickup that coffee always gave her.
  

  Synonym:
  pick-me-up
  

  source: wordnet30
• a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships(noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  His car has a lot of pickup.
  

  Synonym:
  getaway
  

  source: wordnet30
• mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  pickup arm, tone arm
  

  source: wordnet30
• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  cartridge
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places(noun.act)

  Example:
  Garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of taking aboard passengers or freight(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.(noun)

  source: webster1913