pickup

IPA: pˈɪkʌp

noun

An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
(usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
(sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
(US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.
The act of answering a telephone.
(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
(uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
(uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
(uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
A surname.
(US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck. [(chiefly Canada, US, Singapore) A light truck with an open cargo bed.]

verb

Misspelling of pick up. [(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.]

pick up

IPA: pˈɪkˈʌp

verb

(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
(transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.
(transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
(transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
(transitive) To collect a passenger.
(transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).
(transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
(intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.
(intransitive) To restart or resume.
(transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
(transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
(transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
(transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
(transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
(transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.
(intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.
To pay for.
To reduce the despondency of.
To take control (physically) of something.
(soccer) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
To record; to notch up.
(sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
(US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.

pick-up

IPA: pˈɪkʌp

noun

Alternative form of pickup [An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.]

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