Definitions for Pickup
ˈpɪkˌʌppick·up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pickup, pickup trucknoun

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

2. pickupnoun

   a warrant to take someone into custody

   "put out a pickup on that man"

3. pickup, pick-me-upnoun

   anything with restorative powers

   "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"

4. pickupnoun

   a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

5. pickup, getawaynoun

   the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

   "his car has a lot of pickup"

6. tone arm, pickup, pickup armnoun

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

7. cartridge, pickupnoun

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

8. pickupnoun

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

   "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"

9. pickupnoun

   the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pickupnoun

   An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.

2. pickupnoun

   A pickup truck.

3. pickupnoun

   Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games.

   At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.

4. pickupnoun

   An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.

   Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.

5. pickupnoun

   An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.

6. pickupnoun

   (US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain

   The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pickup

   A pickup is generally a small or medium-sized truck that has an open rear cargo area, also known as a bed, which is traditionally used for carrying goods or equipment. It can also refer to the act or process of collecting or fetching something or someone. In terms of music, a pickup is a device that captures the vibration produced by a musical instrument to convert it into electrical signals.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pickup

   A pickup device is a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations, usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar, Chapman Stick, or electric violin, and converts them to an electrical signal that is amplified, recorded, or broadcast.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PICKUP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pickup is ranked #30889 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pickup surname appeared 753 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pickup.
   
   81.8% or 616 total occurrences were White.
   12.7% or 96 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3.1% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Acceleration
   • Acquaintance
   • Acquiring
   • Bench Warrant
   • Collection
   • Electro-acoustic Transducer
   • Mechanical Device
   • Truck

How to pronounce Pickup?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Pickup in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pickup in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pickup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Pickup in a Sentence

1. San Francisco:

   In order to put this episode of high inflation behind us, further policy tightening, maintained for a longer time, will likely be necessary, absent a substantial pickup in the share of working-age adults looking to be employed or a large change in immigration flows, labor force participation will continue to decline and worker shortages will persist, pushing up wages and ultimately prices, at least in the near and medium term.

2. Stephen Breyer:

   I will tell you what Lincolnthought and what Washingtonthought and what people todaystill think.It's an experiment, associated Press's an experiment.That's what they said.And Joanna [ Breyer's wife ] paid each of our grandchildrencertain amount of money tomemorize the Gettysburg Address.What I want the students to pickup, if I can remember, are thefirst two lines, ‘ Four score andseven years ago, our forefathersbrought upon -- created a newcountry.A country that was dedicated toliberty and the proposition thatall men are created equal.Conceived in liberty. ’.

3. Margrethe Vestager:

   We may see a show of rivals in the shopping box. We may see a pickup when it comes to clicks for merchants. But we still do not see much traffic for viable competitors when it comes to shopping comparison.

4. John Velis:

   As repugnant as it is, if someone lies about serving for something like a pickup line in a bar, it’s legal under the first amendment, my law is outside of that realm. The First Amendment does not give you the right to commit fraud.

5. John Mackenzie:

   I suspect that failing a pickup in Chinese demand, prices will need to fall to below $2 a pound ($4,400 a tonne) for meaningful cutbacks to balance the market.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pickup
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pickup
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pickup
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html