What does Pickup mean?
Definitions for Pickup
ˈpɪkˌʌppick·up
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Pickup.
Princeton's WordNet
pickup, pickup trucknoun
a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
pickupnoun
a warrant to take someone into custody
"put out a pickup on that man"
pickup, pick-me-upnoun
anything with restorative powers
"she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
pickupnoun
a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
pickup, getawaynoun
the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
"his car has a lot of pickup"
tone arm, pickup, pickup armnoun
mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
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
pickupnoun
the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
"garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
pickupnoun
the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
Wiktionary
pickupnoun
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
pickupnoun
A pickup truck.
pickupnoun
Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games.
At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.
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.
pickupnoun
An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
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
ChatGPT
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.
Wikidata
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 Records
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.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pickup in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pickup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Pickup in a Sentence
Maine is a legitimate pickup opportunity for the Democrats. I think it's going to be Collins' toughest race to date, but it's not the Democrats' seat to lose, beating an incumbent is very hard to do.
There’s concern among investors the Delta variant could reset the clock in terms of the progress we’ve made with COVID-19 and the pickup in the economy.
It took more than 10 years for pickup truck sales to hit the 200,000 vehicle mark from levels around 120,000, if those traffic rules are relaxed significantly, the market could quickly grow to a million vehicles a year or significantly more.
Just because we announce we have a variation on an opening and people can do curbside pickup, there's a sense that things are moving again, doesn't mean that customers are confident and comfortable yet.
The FOMC will be afraid that dropping patience without making some reference to the USD or international asset market conditions will lead to an even faster USD pickup, paradoxically, if they are serious about hiking mid-year, a USD breakout may limit their options.
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