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pickup

noun
  1. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
  2. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
    “garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays”
  3. an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
    cartridge
  4. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
    pickup truck
  5. anything with restorative powers
    “I needed the pickup that coffee always gives me.”
    pick-me-up
  6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
    tone armpickup arm
  7. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
    “The electric car surpisingly has a lot of pickup.”
    getaway
  8. a warrant to take someone into custody
    “put out a pickup on that man”
  9. a casual acquaintance