1. (

• pickup ,
• pickup_truck

) a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard ;

2. (

• pickup

) a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man" ;

3. (

• pickup ,
• pick-me-up ,

) anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" ;

4. (

• pickup

) a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships ;

5. (

• pickup ,
• getaway

) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup" ;

6. (

• tone_arm ,
• pickup ,
• pickup_arm

) mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge ;

7. (

• cartridge ,
• pickup ,

) an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable ;

8. (

• pickup

) the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" ;

9. (

• pickup ,

) the act of taking aboard passengers or freight ;