pickup

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English

Alternative forms

• pick-up, pick up

Etymology

From pick +‎ up.

Pronunciation

Noun

pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)

1. An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
   1. In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.

      Synonym: phono cartridge

   2. Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
2. (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
3. (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
4. An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.

   Coordinate terms: pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist

5. A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
6. (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
7. (video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
   • 1991, James Leach, Turrican II (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 69

     Every step of the way you come across absolutely loads of aliens, pick-ups and new and weird obstacles to overcome.
8. (US, Canada, politics) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate.

   Coordinate term: gain

9. The act of answering a telephone.
10. (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
11. The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
12. (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
13. (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
14. (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

pickup

1. Misspelling of pick up.

Danish

Noun

pickup c (singular definite pickuppen, plural indefinite pickupper)

1. pickup truck

Declension

Further reading

• “pickup” in Den Danske Ordbog

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pick-up, picape (Brazil)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pickup.

Pronunciation

Noun

pickup f (plural pickups)

1. pickup truck (truck with an open cargo bed)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pickup.

Noun

pickup m or f same meaning (plural pickups)

1. pickup (vehicle)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pickup.

Noun

pickup c

2. a pickup truck
3. a pickup (on an electric guitar)
4. a pickup (on an (older) record player (phonograph))

   Synonym: nålmikrofon

5. a pickup baler (piece of farming machinery)

Usage notes

See the usage notes for bil.

Declension

See also

• flak (“cargo bed”)

Further reading

• pickup in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pickup in Svensk ordbok (SO)