pickup
English
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editNoun
editpickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)
- An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- Synonym: phono cartridge
- Electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- (US, Canada) Ellipsis of pickup truck.
- 2009, Chinle Miller, Desert Rats: Adventures in the American Outback, page 35:
- Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.
- (usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pickup.
- At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.
- 2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 100:
- Trevor, like an Aussie outbacker, eats snacks and a pickup meal of bread, cantaloupe, olives, mangoes, and melon.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.
- Coordinate terms: pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- 1984, Steven Carter, What every man should know about the "new woman": a survival guide:
- But what about the women who still go to bars — are they completely unaffected by these negative connotations? Hardly. No woman wants to think of herself as being an easy pick-up […]
- 2002, James A. Abrahamson, Confessions of a Diplomatic Pouch Clerk, page 192:
- Audball's latest pickup didn't seem to care where they were, or anything at all about alimony, palimony, or child support […]
- (sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.
- (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.
- 2002, Acclaim Entertainment, Turok Evolution: The official strategy guide, page 73:
- Enter the graveyard if you want pick-ups, otherwise make a left under the archways to progress. When the pathway ends, you'll see two blocked-off tunnels and a switch between them.
- 1991, James Leach, Turrican II (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 69
- (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
- The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith
- The act of answering a telephone.
- (film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- 2020 March 18, Cindy Gonzalez, “Blackstone District starts emergency fund to aid the neighborhood's bar, restaurant servers”, in Omaha World-Herald[2]:
- Owner Philip Schaffart said a precoronavirus Tuesday typically brought in $2,500 in revenue. This past Tuesday, he said, that amount dwindled to $300 as his place was open only for pickup and delivery.
- (uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- 2021 February 1, Living in Brisbane, Brisbane, page 1:
- These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up.
- (uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- 1946, Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune, volume 34, page 186:
- The Willys-Overland won't be the fastest car on the road or have the best pickup, but it will have a top speed of eighty miles per hour, and its makers are confident that no car in its class will excel it in economy of fuel and upkeep.
- 1955, Popular Mechanics, volume 104, number 3, page 70:
- The more highly vaporized the mixture your carburetor delivers, the more power you get, which means higher speed, better pickup, smoother idling, more miles per gallon.
- (uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- 2018, Magda Konieczna, Journalism Without Profit: Making News when the Market Fails, page 189:
- Back then CPI staff demonstrated a reflexivity common to public relations, reflected for instance in Lewis's acknowledgment of the fact that the novelty factor might lead to more pickup.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Chinese:
- → Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ)
- → Finnish: pick-up
- → French: pick-up, pickup
- → German: Pickup
- → Indonesian: pikap
- → Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)
- → Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (pʰiik’ap), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp)
- → Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)
- → Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)
- → Russian: пика́п (pikáp)
- → Spanish: pickup, picop
- → Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)
- → Turkish: pikap
- → Uyghur: پىكاپ (pikap)
Translations
editelectronic device
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pickup truck — see pickup truck
impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games
flirtation, courting
at of winning an electoral district held by an incumbent
act of answering a telephone
act of collecting and taking away, usually in a vehicle
Verb
editpickup
- Misspelling of pick up.
Danish
editNoun
editpickup c (singular definite pickuppen, plural indefinite pickupper)
Declension
editDeclension of pickup
gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pickup | pickuppen | pickupper | pickupene |
genitive | pickups | pickuppens | pickuppers | pickupenes |
Further reading
edit- “pickup” in Den Danske Ordbog
Portuguese
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editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English pickup.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editpickup f (plural pickups)
- pickup truck (truck with an open cargo bed)
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English pickup.
Noun
editpickup m or f same meaning (plural pickups)
- pickup (vehicle)
Usage notes
editAccording 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
editNoun
editpickup c
Declension
editDeclension of pickup | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pickup | pickupen | pickuper | pickuperna |
Genitive | pickups | pickupens | pickupers | pickupernas |
Further reading
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