pickup meaning

pickup as a noun

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

   Synonyms: pickup truck

   Type of: truck

   Kinds: technical

2. a warrant to take someone into custody
   • put out a pickup on that man

   Type of: bench warrant

   Related forms: pick up

3. anything with restorative powers
   • she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her

   Synonyms: pick-me-up

   Type of: corrective

   Related forms: pick up

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

   Type of: acquaintance

   Related forms: pick up

5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
   • his car has a lot of pickup

   Synonyms: getaway

   Type of: acceleration

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

   Synonyms: tone arm, pickup arm

   Type of: mechanical device

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

   Synonyms: cartridge

   Type of: electro-acoustic transducer

   Kinds: crystal pickup

8. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
   • garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays

   Type of: collection

   Kinds: garbage collection

   Related forms: pick up

9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

   Type of: acquiring

   Related forms: pick up

How to pronounce pickup

pickup is pronounced /ˈpɪkʌp/ in British English and /ˈpɪkʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.