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Pick-up   Listen
noun
Pick-up, Pickup  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.) Same as Brush b.
3.
One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
4.
A social companion for the evening who is met without prior arrangement, as at a singles bar; also, the act of joining with such a companion in that fashion.
5.
(Automobiles) Acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate.
6.
(Electronics) A component of a phonograph which contains the stylus and also components for converting the vibrations of the stylus into electrical impulses for subsequent processing into sound; often referred to as a cartridge; also, the process of converting vibrations into electrical impulses.
7.
(Electronics) The conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device.
8.
(Vehicles) A small truck having an enclosed driver's compartment (cab) but an open rear with usually low sides and a tailgate. Also called pickup truck.
9.
A hitchhiker who has been picked up.





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"Pick-up" Quotes from Famous Books



... pick-up glance about the room did not pick up the note she had propped on the telephone-table. She left it there and closed the door on another chapter of ...
— The Cup of Fury - A Novel of Cities and Shipyards • Rupert Hughes
... roadster, gran turismo [It], jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer; golf cart, electric wagon; taxicab, cab, taxicoach^, checker cab, yellow cab; station wagon, family car; motorcycle, motor bike, side car; van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus; truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor- trailer, road train, articulated vehicle; racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car. bob, bobsled, bobsleigh^; cutter; double ripper, double runner [U.S.]; jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan. train; accommodation train, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... clean, jump or You won't ketch one of 'em.' You know how men, even veterans like that Fifth Corps, sometimes hev to be pushed into a fight. There was a man from a Maine regiment got shot in the head fust thing. 'I'm killed,' said he. 'Oh, no, you're not,' says Sheridan, 'pickup your gun and go for 'em.' But he was killed. Well, we went for 'em through all the swamps and briers and everything, and Sheridan, thar in front, had got the battle-flag and was rushin' round with it swearin' and prayin' and shoutin', and the first thing we knowed he'd jumped ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


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