pickup
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
pickup (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.
- electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations
- (US, Canada) A pickup truck.
- (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. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.
- Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.
- 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) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also 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, page 1:
- These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up.
DescendantsEdit
- 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: picape
- → Russian: пика́п (pikáp)
- → Spanish: pickup, picop
- → Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)
- → Uyghur: پىكاپ (pikap)
TranslationsEdit
electronic 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
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
pickup f (plural pickups)
- Alternative form of picape
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
pickup m or f (plural pickups)
- pickup (vehicle)