Noun
pickup -
the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
assembling ,
collecting ,
aggregation ,
collection the act of gathering something together
garbage collection ,
garbage pickup ,
trash collection ,
trash pickup the collection and removal of garbage
pickup -
the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
acquiring ,
getting the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring" ; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving"
transferral ,
conveyance ,
transfer ,
transport ,
transportation act of transferring property title from one person to another
pickup -
a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
arrest warrant ,
bench warrant a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
pickup -
a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
pickup truck
motortruck ,
truck an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
pickup -
anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
pick-me-up
corrective ,
restorative a device for treating injury or disease
pickup -
a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
acquaintance ,
friend personal knowledge or information about someone or something
pickup -
the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
getaway
pickup -
an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
cartridge
electro-acoustic transducer a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
phonograph ,
record player machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically
crystal pickup a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal
pickup -
mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
tone arm ,
pickup arm
mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles