| NOUN | artifact | pickup, pickup truck | a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard |
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| communication | pickup | a warrant to take someone into custody | |
| artifact | pickup, pick-me-up | anything with restorative powers | |
| person | pickup | a casual acquaintance | |
| attribute | pickup, getaway | the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | |
| artifact | pickup, tone arm, pickup arm | mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge | |
| artifact | pickup, cartridge | an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable | |
| act | pickup | the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places | |
| act | pickup | the act of taking aboard passengers or freight |
| Sounds | pih'kah.p | |
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| Rhymes | archbishop ... worship: 69 rhymes with ahp... | |
| Meaning | A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard. | |
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| Synonym | pickup truck | |
| Narrower | technical | A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it |
| Broader | truck, motortruck | An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling |
| Spanish | camioneta, furgoneta, picop, troca, troque | |
| Catalan | camioneta | |
| Meaning | A warrant to take someone into custody. | |
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| Example | "put out a pickup on that man" | |
| Broader | bench warrant, arrest warrant | A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | orden de arresto | |
| Catalan | ordre d'arrest | |
| Verbs | pick up | take into custody |
| Meaning | Anything with restorative powers. | |
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| Example | "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" | |
| Synonym | pick-me-up | |
| Broader | corrective, restorative | A device for treating injury or disease |
| Verbs | pick up | gain or regain energy |
| Meaning | A casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships. | |
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| Broader | acquaintance, friend | A person with whom you are acquainted |
| Verbs | pick up | meet someone for sexual purposes |
| Meaning | The attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. | |
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| Example | "his car has a lot of pickup" | |
| Synonym | getaway | |
| Broader | acceleration | An increase / increase / increase in rate of change |
| Meaning | mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge. | |
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| Synonyms | tone arm, pickup arm | |
| Part of | record player, phonograph | machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Meaning | An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable. | |
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| Synonym | cartridge | |
| Part of | record player, phonograph | machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically |
| Parts | stylus | A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player |
| Narrower | crystal pickup | A cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal |
| Broader | electro-acoustic transducer | A transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa |
| Spanish | pastilla, portaagujas | |
| Catalan | cartutx, pastilla | |
| Meaning | The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places. | |
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| Example | "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays" | |
| Narrower | garbage collection, garbage pickup, trash collection, trash pickup | The collection and removal of garbage |
| Broader | collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation | The act of gathering something together |
| Spanish | recogida | |
| Catalan | recollida | |
| Verbs | pick up | buy casually or spontaneously |
| pick up | gather or collect | |
| Meaning | The act of taking aboard passengers or freight. | |
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| Part of | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
| Broader | acquiring, getting | The act of acquiring something |
| Verbs | pick up | give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift |
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