pickup

noun

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

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms pickup truck

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a warrant to take someone into custody

   noun.communication

   Examples

   Put out a pickup on that man.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. anything with restorative powers

   noun.artifact

   Examples

   She needed the pickup that coffee always gave her.

   Synonyms pick-me-up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

   noun.attribute

   Examples

   His car has a lot of pickup.

   Synonyms getaway

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms pickup arm tone arm

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms cartridge

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.act

   Examples

   Garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

   noun.act

   Source: WordNet 3.0

10. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.

    noun

    Source: webster1913