pickup meaning and definition

PICKUP noun

Definition of pickup (noun)

1. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
   • synonyms: pickup truck
2. a warrant to take someone into custody
   • "put out a pickup on that man"
3. anything with restorative powers
   • "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
   • synonyms: pick-me-up
4. a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
5. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
   • "his car has a lot of pickup"
   • synonyms: getaway
6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
   • synonyms: pickup arm, tone arm
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
8. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
   • "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
9. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight