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.
We were on a pickup truck and had a lot of fun exploring.
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.
