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• pickup — 1. n. something eaten or drunk to boost energy; a pick me up. □ Bartender, I need a little pickup. □ She stopped at a candy machine for a pickup. 2. n. a sudden increase in something, such as speed or tempo in music. □ We need a bit of a pickup a …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• pickup — pick|up1 [ pıkʌp ] noun * ▸ 1 small truck ▸ 2 someone for sexual relations ▸ 3 power to go faster ▸ 4 improvement/increase ▸ 5 part of record player ▸ 6 when someone/something is collected 1. ) pickup or pickup truck count a truck with an open… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pickup — I UK [ˈpɪkʌp] / US noun Word forms pickup : singular pickup plural pickups 1) pickup or pickup truck [countable] a truck with an open back and low sides 2) [countable] a place or time at which people, goods, or other things are collected They… …   English dictionary

• pickup — I. noun Date: 1848 1. one that is picked up: as a. a hitchhiker who is given a ride b. a temporary chance acquaintance c. a player acquired from another team 2. the act or process of picking up: as a. a revival of business activity b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pickup — /pik up /, n. 1. an improvement, as in health, business conditions, work, production, etc. 2. Informal. pick me up. 3. Informal. a casual, usually unintroduced acquaintance, often one made in hope of a sexual relationship. 4. an instance of… …   Universalium

• PickUp 101 — is a San Francisco based company that trains men to become more attractive to women. The company sells workshops, coaching services, and multimedia products that are designed to demonstrate and model attractive traits that the company considers… …   Wikipedia

• Pickup — or pick up may refer to:*Pickup (music), a device which detects vibrations from musical instruments *Anacrusis or upbeat, also called pickup note(s) *Pickup artist, a man who is skilled in meeting, attracting, and seducing women *Pick up… …   Wikipedia

• pickup — [pik′up΄] n. 1. the act of picking up, as in fielding a rapidly rolling baseball 2. the process or power of increasing in speed; acceleration ☆ 3. a small, open truck with low sides, for hauling light loads: in full pickup truck 4. Informal a) a… …   English World dictionary

• Pickup — Pick up, or Pick up Pick up , n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pickup truck — Pickup Pick up, or Pick up Pick up , n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pickup — (n.) also pick up, small truck used for light loads, 1932, from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.) + UP (Cf. up), the notion probably being for use to pick up (feed, lumber, etc.) and deliver it where it was needed. As an adjective meaning temporary, ad hoc… …   Etymology dictionary