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PICKUP

Definition:

[noun] a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
Synonyms: truck
[noun] a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
[noun] anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
Synonyms: pick-me-up
[noun] a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
[noun] the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
Synonyms: getaway
[noun] mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
Synonyms: tone arm, arm
[noun] an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
Synonyms: cartridge
[noun] the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
[noun] the act of taking aboard passengers or freight