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pick-up
noun
- Also calledpick-up armtone arm the light balanced arm of a record player that carries the wires from the cartridge to the preamplifier
- an electromagnetic transducer that converts the vibrations of the steel strings of an electric guitar or other amplified instrument into electric signals
- another name for cartridge
- Also calledpick-up truck a small truck with an open body and low sides, used for light deliveries
- informal.an ability to accelerate rapidly
this car has good pick-up
- informal.a casual acquaintance, usually one made with sexual intentions
- informal.
- a stop to collect passengers, goods, etc
- the people or things collected
- slang.a free ride in a motor vehicle
- informal.an improvement
- slang.a pick-me-up
adjective
- organized, arranged, or assembled hastily and without planning
pick-up games
a pick-up band
verb
- tr to gather up in the hand or hands
- tr to acquire, obtain, or purchase casually, incidentally, etc
- tr to catch (a disease)
she picked up a bad cold during the weekend
- intr to improve in health, condition, activity, etc
the market began to pick up
- reflexive to raise (oneself) after a fall or setback
- tr to notice or sense
she picked up a change in his attitude
- to resume where one left off; return to
we'll pick up after lunch
they picked up the discussion
- tr to learn gradually or as one goes along
- tr to take responsibility for paying (a bill)
he picked up the bill for dinner
- informal.tr to reprimand
he picked her up on her table manners
- tr to collect or give a lift to (passengers, hitchhikers, goods, etc)
- informal.tr to become acquainted with, esp with a view to having sexual relations
- informal.tr to arrest
- to increase (speed)
the cars picked up down the straight
- tr to receive (electrical signals, a radio signal, sounds, etc), as for transmission or amplification
- pick up the piecesto restore a situation to normality after a crisis or collapse
Example Sentences
Locked away for life, he’s picked up his old coping mechanism, dissociating by escaping into books, and he’s seething inside.
In the past, the Supreme Court has made clear that during wartime the government can detain indefinitely people who were picked up on the battlefield.
Private buyers or public entities such as Los Angeles County have picked up some downtown office towers at “huge discounts” compared with what it would cost to erect similar new buildings, Zanetos said.
Sherelle made the prediction for the first game, Manchester City's win over Aston Villa on Tuesday and picked up 40 points for the guests' overall total with an exact score.
One of the suspected gunmen was not picked up, despite being connected to the attack by witness evidence and four separate pieces of intelligence.
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