pickupnoun
uk/ˈpɪk.ʌp/us/ˈpɪk.ʌp/pickup noun (COLLECTION)
[ C ] the act of picking someone or something up, or the place where it happens:
[ C ] informal a person who is picked up:
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- road haulage
- route
- shuffle
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
- turnaround
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pickup noun (SIGNAL)
[ C ] a device on an electrical musical instrument or a record player that causes sounds to be produced or made louder
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Audio & video equipment
- audiocassette
- audiotape
- box set
- camcorder
- cassette
- cassette recorder
- compact disc
- DAT
- Dolby
- DVR
- earbuds
- ghetto blaster
- gramophone
- hi-fi
- iPod
- low-fi
- MD
- phonograph
- scratchy
- stylus
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pickup noun (INCREASE)
[ S ] an increase or improvement:
(of a car) to be able/unable to increase speed quickly
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Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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pickup noun (TRUCK)
a pickup truck
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Trucks, vans & caravans
- armored car
- armoured car
- bakkie
- bowser
- bulldozer
- caravan
- Dormobile
- flatbed
- float
- heavy goods vehicle
- horse trailer
- JCB
- juggernaut
- lorry
- milk truck
- paddy wagon
- pantechnicon
- snowplough
- tender
- traction engine
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pickupadjective [ only before noun ]
uk/ˈpɪk.ʌp/us/ˈpɪk.ʌp/US informalA pickup game is one that has not been officially organized:
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Sports & games generally
- athletics
- contact sport
- defensive
- extreme sport
- free running
- game
- high jinks
- kabaddi
- parkour
- play
- sport