pickup

Noun

• the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

• the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
  • garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays
    

• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

• mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
  • his car has a lot of pickup
    

• a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships

• anything with restorative powers
  • she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her
    

• a warrant to take someone into custody
  • put out a pickup on that man
    

• a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cartridge , tone arm , pickup arm , getaway , pick-me-up , pickup truck