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Definition of pickup noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pickup

noun
 
/ˈpɪkʌp/
 
/ˈpɪkʌp/
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  1. (also pickup truck)
     [countable] a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmersTopics Transport by car or lorryc2
  2. [countable] a person somebody meets for the first time, for example in a bar, and starts a sexual relationship with
    • casual pickups
    Topics Family and relationshipsc2
  3. [countable] pickup (in something) an improvement
    • a pickup in the housing market
  4. [uncountable, countable] an occasion when somebody/something is collected
    • Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.
  5. [countable] the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals
  6. [uncountable] (North American English) a vehicle’s ability to accelerate (= increase in speed)
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