Pickup
12 definitions retrieved  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 Brush b. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. a social companion for the evening who is met without prior arrangement, as at a singles bar; also, the act of joining with such a companion in that fashion. [PJC] 5. (Automobiles) acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate. [PJC] 6. (Electronics) a component of a phonograph which contains the stylus and also components for converting the vibrations of the stylus into electrical impulses for subsequent processing into sound; often referred to as a cartridge; also, the process of converting vibrations into electrical impulses. [PJC] 7. (Electronics) the conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device. [PJC] 8. (Vehicles) a small truck having an enclosed driver's compartment (cab) but an open rear with usually low sides and a tailgate. Also called pickup truck. [PJC] 9. a hitchhiker who has been picked up. [PJC]  pickup n 1: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard [syn: pickup, pickup truck] 2: a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man" 3: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" [syn: pickup, pick-me-up] 4: a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships 5: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup" [syn: pickup, getaway] 6: mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge [syn: tone arm, pickup, {pickup arm}] 7: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge, pickup] 8: the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" 9: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight  pickup [pikʌp] kleiner Lieferwagen; Schalldose  pick-up alkalmiismeretség alkalmivétel aranyrög beindulás boldogulás elektromoshangdoboz elektromoshangleszedô felpezsdítôszer felszedés felvétel felépülés fogás futóismerôs félfüllelhallotthír gyorsulás javulás jófogás kisteherautó krikettlabdamegütéseföldrôlvalópattanásután lejátszófej motor-gyorsulás rendfelszedôszerkezet rádiógramofon szerencséstalálat taxiportyázásaközbenfelcsípettutas televíziósfelvevôcsô utcaiismeretség véletlenismeretség véletlenülhallotthír vétel összeszedés újrafelvétel ügyesvétel pickup alkalmiismeretség alkalmiszexuálispartner erkölcstelennô felszedés fogás(rádióadásé) gyorsulás hangszedô illegálisáruátvétele kisteherautó kurva ribanc véletlenismeretség vétel(rádióadásé)  pickup Abgriff m pickup kleiner Lieferwagen; Kleinlastwagen m pickup Schalldose f pick-up Straßenbekanntschaft f pick-up Tonabnehmer m pick-up auflesen; mitnehmen  192 Moby Thesaurus words for "pickup": Gramophone, Great Leap Forward, Jezebel, PA, PA system, Sunday drive, Victrola, accelerando, acceleration, acquaintance, advance, advancement, advocate, aggravation, airing, alter ego, amelioration, amendment, apprehension, arrestation, arrestment, ascent, audio sound system, audiophile, backer, bad woman, baggage, beefing-up, best friend, bettering, betterment, binaural system, bitch, bitch box, blowing up, blowup, booking, boost, bosom friend, bracer, broad, brother, bullhorn, cartridge, casual acquaintance, ceramic pickup, changer, chippy, clitoromaniac, close acquaintance, close friend, cocotte, concentration, condensation, confidant, confidante, consolidation, crystal pickup, deepening, derived four-channel system, detention, discrete four-channel system, drab, drive, easy lay, easy woman, enhancement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, familiar, favorer, fellow, fellow creature, fellowman, floozy, four-channel stereo system, frail sister, friend, furtherance, getaway, grisette, harridan, headway, heating-up, heightening, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity, hussy, hysteromaniac, impetus, improvement, information explosion, inseparable friend, intensification, intercom, intercommunication system, intimate, jade, joyride, jukebox, lift, loose woman, lover, magnetic pickup, magnification, melioration, mend, mending, mobile camera, monaural system, mono, nab, needle, neighbor, nickelodeon, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, other self, outside pickup, partisan, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pick-me-up, pinch, population explosion, preferment, progress, progression, promotion, public-address system, quadraphonic sound system, quean, quickening, radio-phonograph combination, record changer, record player, recovery, redoubling, refresher, reinforcement, remote pickup, repository, restoration, revival, reviver, ride, rise, slut, sound reproduction system, sound truck, speedup, spin, spot pickup, squawk box, step-up, stereo, strengthening, strumpet, stylus, supporter, sympathizer, system, tape deck, tape recorder, tart, telecamera, television camera, thrust, tightening, tone arm, transcription turntable, trollop, trull, turntable, upbeat, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility, uteromaniac, wanton, well-wisher, wench, whirl, whore Pickup related |
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