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US
/ˈpɪˌkəp/
]
[ UK /pˈɪkʌp/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪkʌp/ ]
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
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the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays -
a warrant to take someone into custody
put out a pickup on that man -
anything with restorative powers
she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her - mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
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the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
his car has a lot of pickup - the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
How To Use pickup In A Sentence
- 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.
- The first two Toyota pickups we got into wouldn't start, even with eight men rocking them to get the engine to catch.
- On a recent morning, Evers steered his pickup truck through a Central California almond grove, his drawling sales pitch at the ready.
- A pickup truck was circling the pond, which flushed some birds out of the reeds and into the open water.
- If long-term rates rise with a pickup in the economy and increasing demand for capital, the bonds will lose value.
- You know the drill: cut the grass; bag the clippings; haul them to the curb for pickup.
- The pickup features an exclusive transducer that Guild claim offers advanced sensitivity and dynamic range as well as low noise levels.
- The car industry in the rustbelt is miserable. Factories making thirsty pickup trucks are cutting back or closing.
- A 2-inch link keeps the bracket below the top of the tailgate for pickups with toppers.
- It showed two white police pickup trucks, with large bullbars on the front bumpers, plowing separately into a group of protesters. SeMissourian.com Headlines
