pickup truck

英：[ˈpɪkˌʌp trʌk]

美：[ˈpɪkˌʌp trʌk]

noun

one that is picked up: such as

a hitchhiker who is given a ride

a temporary chance acquaintance

a player acquired from another team

the act or process of picking up: such as

a revival of business activity

acceleration

the act or technique of making the acquaintance of a previously unknown person especially for amorous purposes

the act of collecting someone or something to be carried or transported away We'll call your name when your food is ready for pickup. … please have your party call you for pickup after they have retrieved their luggage.—Rebecca Turco

Is your order for pickup or delivery?

the conversion of mechanical movements into electrical impulses in the reproduction of soundalso: a device (as on an electric guitar) for making such conversion

the reception of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting apparatus for conversion into electrical signals

a device (such as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or the image of a scene into electrical signals

or pickup truck a light truck having an enclosed cab and an open body with low sides and tailgate

a pickup game

playing pickup

adjective

utilizing or comprising local or available personnel especially without formal organization a pickup band

a pickup basketball game

verb

transitive verb

to take hold of and lift up

to gather together : collect

picked up all the pieces

to clean up : tidy

to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle

to acquire casually or by chance

picked up a valuable antique at an auction

to acquire by study or experience : learn

picking up a great deal of knowledge in the process—Robert Schleicher

to obtain especially by payment : buy

picked up some groceries

to acquire (a player) especially from another team through a trade or by financial recompense

to accept for the purpose of paying

offered to pick up the tab

to come down with : catch

picked up a cold

gain, earn picked up her first victory

picked up a few yards on the last play

to enter informally into conversation or companionship with (a previously unknown person)

had a brief affair with a girl he picked up in a bar

to take into custody

the police picked up the fugitive

to catch sight of : perceive

picked up the harbor lights

to come to and follow

picked up the outlaw's trail

to bring within range of sight or hearing

pick up distant radio signals

understand, catch

didn't pick up the hint

revive

increase

to resume after a break : continue

pick up the discussion tomorrow

to assume responsibility for guarding (an opponent) in an athletic contest

to provide needed support or assistance to (someone who has faltered or failed, such as a teammate who has made an error) in a collaborative effort We have faith. We don't panic. Even in all these one-run ballgames, we have trust in each other that we're going to pull it out. We pick each other up. On days we're not pitching it great, our offense gets going and vice versa.—Marco Gonzales

… Burns allowed only five hits and did not issue a walk. She also picked up her teammates after several fielding errors.—John Knebels

intransitive verb

to recover or increase speed, vigor, or activity : improve the wind began to pick up

after the strike, business picked up

to put things in order

was always picking up after her

to pack up one's belongings

couldn't just pick up and leave

The first known use of pickup was in the 14th century

sitting ducknoun

an easy or defenseless target

hard disknoun

a small hard metal disk with a magnetic coating on which computer data can be stored

hard drive

sit-innoun

an act of sitting in seats or on the floor (as in a restaurant or office) as a means of organized protest

sit-downnoun

a strike in which the workers stop work and refuse to leave their places of employment called alsosit-down strike

sister-in-lawnoun

the sister of one's spouse

the wife of one's sibling

the wife of one's spouse's sibling

pickup1 of 2noun

an increase in activity

a pickup in business

acceleration sense 1

one (as a hitchhiker or chance acquaintance) that is picked up

the changing of mechanical movements into electrical energy in the reproduction of sound

a device (as on a phonograph) for making such a change

the receiving of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting device

a device (as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or an image into electrical signals

a light truck with an open body and low sides called alsopickup truck

pick up2 of 2verb

to take hold of and lift

picked the book up

to gather together : collect

picked up every piece

to clean up : tidy

pick up your room

to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle

to acquire without great effort or by chance picked up a nasty cold

pick up a habit

to gain by study or experience

picked up a new language while traveling

to obtain especially by buying or as a bargain

picked up the shirts on sale

to form a brief or chance acquaintance with a stranger

to take into custody

was picked up by the police

to find and follow

picked up the outlaw's trail

to bring within range of sight or hearing

a radio that picks up foreign broadcasts

to gather or regain speed or strength