pickup vs pick up
Definitions
noun
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
- the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- a warrant to take someone into custody
- anything with restorative powers
Examples
It bothered me a little that I didn't have a pickup, and I couldn't see doing much off road driving with my Mustang fastback.
If long-term rates rise with a pickup in the economy and increasing demand for capital, the bonds will lose value.
: 00AM 'Twas the fifth day 'fore Christmas and all through the towns Recalling the past year brought smiles and frowns The readers were anxious, and so we will show 'em It's time once again for the Action Line poem Recession, economy, job loss and more Were issues that really should come to the fore Reality's something we don't reconcile When everyone lives in a state of denial For instance, the Realtors push ritzy condos On people with pickups all covered with Bondo The city spends fortunes to make Chapman snow While staffers and programs are told they must go And what's the surprise of a fierce winter storm We live in the mountains and it's just the norm You'd think that the city would figure by now When flakes are a'falling, you go out and plow The county commission, its head in the sand, Can't seem to come up with the zones for the land With gas money dwindling and going away The budgeting process will lead us astray Joelle switches parties, the Dems she did ditch Progressives were angry and cried "bait and switch
Definitions
verb
- eat by pecking at, like a bird
- take and lift upward
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- take up by hand
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
Examples
If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex.
He redialed the number of the bodyguard and waited for him to pick up.
Sometimes people don't just pick up the phone & ring Crimestoppers out of some sense of duty, but they will do it for filthy luker.
