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pickup |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pickup n 1: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard [syn: {pickup truck}] 2: (informal) 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: {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: {getaway}] 6: light balanced arm that carries the cartridge [syn: {tone arm}, {pickup arm}] 7: the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: {cartridge}] 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
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