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Pickup

noun

A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard. Synonym: pickup truck.

A warrant to take someone into custody.

Anything with restorative powers. Synonym: pick-me-up.

A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships.

The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. Synonym: getaway.

Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge. Synonyms: pickup arm, tone arm.

An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable. Synonym: cartridge.

The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places.

The act of taking aboard passengers or freight.

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"Pickup" Quotes from Famous Books

... light consumer goods. The World Bank, the IMF, and bilateral donors have provided funds to rehabilitate Tanzania's out-of-date economic infrastructure and to alleviate poverty. Long-term growth through 2005 featured a pickup in industrial production and a substantial increase in output of minerals led by gold. Recent banking reforms have helped increase private-sector growth and investment. Continued donor assistance and solid macroeconomic ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... the first boat, the second following more leisurely, for she is only a 'pickup' or relief, in case the first is 'fluked' and the crew are tossed high in air, with their boat crushed into matchwood, or meets with some other disaster. And as the leading boat rises to the long ...

— A Memory Of The Southern Seas - 1904 • Louis Becke

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