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The Meaning of pickup

  • (noun) the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
  • (noun) the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
  • (noun) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
  • (noun) a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
  • (noun) anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
  • (noun) mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
  • (noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
  • (noun) a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
  • (noun) a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

Rhymes

backup , blowup , breakup , buildup , bupp , buttercup , checkup , chupp , cleanup , close-up , closeup , cup , cupp , eggcup , followup , greenup , grownup , grupp , holdup , hookup , hupp , knupp , krupp , lay-up , letup , lineup , linkup , lockup , makeup , markup , pileup , pup , push-up , pushup , roundup , runup , rupp , ruppe , schupp , setup , shakeup , shupp , speedup , start-up , startup , strupp , stupp , sup , teacup , trupp , up , upp , wakeup , windup , yup