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English noun: pickup | |||
| 1. | pickup (artifact) a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard | ||
| Synonyms | pickup truck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motortruck, truck | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | technical | ||
| 2. | pickup (communication) a warrant to take someone into custody | ||
| Samples | Put out a pickup on that man. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrest warrant, bench warrant | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 3. | pickup (artifact) anything with restorative powers | ||
| Samples | She needed the pickup that coffee always gave her. | ||
| Synonyms | pick-me-up | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | corrective, restorative | ||
| 4. | pickup (person) a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquaintance, friend | ||
| 5. | pickup (attribute) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | ||
| Samples | His car has a lot of pickup. | ||
| Synonyms | getaway | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acceleration | ||
| 6. | pickup (artifact) mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge | ||
| Synonyms | pickup arm, tone arm | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mechanical device | ||
| Part meronym | phonograph, record player | ||
| 7. | pickup (artifact) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electro-acoustic transducer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crystal pickup | ||
| Part holonym | stylus | ||
| Part meronym | phonograph, record player | ||
| 8. | pickup (act) the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places | ||
| Samples | Garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | garbage collection, garbage pickup, trash collection, trash pickup | ||
| 9. | pickup (act) the act of taking aboard passengers or freight | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquiring, getting | ||
| Part meronym | conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | ||
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