Crossword clues for pickup
pickup
- *Light truck
- Kind of game or line
- Learn ... or a word that can precede the ends of 20-, 29-, 44- and 53-Across
- A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
- Mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
- The act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
- The act of taking aboard passengers or freight
- An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- Often made in hope of sexual relationships
- A casual acquaintance
- (informal) a warrant to take someone into custody
- Anything with restorative powers
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pickup \Pick"up\, or Pick-up \Pick"-up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang]
Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same as Brush b.
One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
a social companion for the evening who is met without prior arrangement, as at a singles bar; also, the act of joining with such a companion in that fashion.
(Automobiles) acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate.
(Electronics) a component of a phonograph which contains the stylus and also components for converting the vibrations of the stylus into electrical impulses for subsequent processing into sound; often referred to as a cartridge; also, the process of converting vibrations into electrical impulses.
(Electronics) the conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device.
(Vehicles) a small truck having an enclosed driver's compartment (cab) but an open rear with usually low sides and a tailgate. Also called pickup truck.
a hitchhiker who has been picked up.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pick-up, "that which is picked up," 1848; see pick up (v.). As "act of picking up" from 1882. Meaning "capacity for acceleration" is from 1909; that of "recovery" is from 1916. In reference to a game between informal teams chosen on the spot, from 1905 (as an adjective in this sense by 1936).\n
\nMeaning "small truck used for light loads," 1937, is shortened from pickup truck (pickup body is attested from 1928). The notion probably being of a vehicle for use to "pick up" (feed, lumber, etc.) and deliver it where it was needed.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player. 2 # In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal. 3 (context US Canada English) A pickup truck. 4 (context usually attributive English) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games. 5 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'''. 6 (cx sports English) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. 7 (context video games English) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up. 8 (context US Canada English) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also '''gain''' 9 The act of answering a telephone. 10 (context film English) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage. 11 The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. The time the act occurs.
WordNet
n. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard [syn: pickup truck]
a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her" [syn: pick-me-up]
a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup" [syn: getaway]
mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge [syn: tone arm, pickup arm]
an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge]
the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
Wikipedia
Pickup, Pick up or Pick-up may refer to:
A pickup device is a transducer (specifically a variable reluctance sensor) that captures or senses mechanical vibrations from stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar, Chapman Stick, or electric violin, and converts them to an electrical signal that is amplified using an instrument amplifier, such as a guitar amplifier or a bass amplifier to produce musical sounds through a loudspeaker in a speaker enclosure. The signal from a pickup can also be recorded directly, using a DI box (a common practice with the electric bass) or broadcast on the radio or television. Most electric guitars and electric basses use magnetic pickups. Acoustic guitars, upright basses and fiddles often use a piezoelectric pickup.
Pickup is a 1951 American film noir written and directed by Czech actor and filmmaker Hugo Haas. It was the first American film by Haas, a refugee from Nazi Europe, who went on to make a series of gloomy noirs about doomed middle-aged men led astray by younger femmes fatales. Haas also starred in the film, alongside Beverly Michaels and Allan Nixon.
Usage examples of "pickup".
When he accumulated a small armload, he set it in a prominent place for pickup later, then headed off, carrying only the travois poles.
There were still long lines of civilian autos, pickups, minivans, and SUVs inching slowly south toward the junction with Interstate 25, the main road to Albuquerque.
Pickup teams from the other bars get together, we have a game every now and again.
After supper they drove into the Bitterroot Mountains, where Lute picked his careful way up a primitive road, his friend following in a pickup.
Pickups and old Chevys, boat like Buicks and battered Jeeps began parking along the dirt shoulder abutting the ditch outside Bonita Vista and quickly became so numerous that succeeding vehicles were forced to spread out into the middle of the street.
Beyond the pool of light cast by the tall yardlight next to the broodmare barn, a dark-colored pickup truck with a two-horse trailer in tow was parked.
Newly waxed Porsches, dented Mazdas, Chevy pickups, stretch Caddies with dark glass and TV antennas-who are these guys?
Amadeo start his old pickup, and heard the wheels with the tire chains spin in the snow, and then it went off down Camino Tuerto, sounding very loud without its muffler.
None of the villagers possessed a motor vehicle, but a few, mostly pickup trucks, wandered through Chiriqui almost every day.
Ask about pickups of single males on Sunset between Doheny and La Cienega and side sts.
As Travis pulled the Hummer in beside the rusting hulk of a pickup truck, a dog I later learned was a black-and-tan coonhound lifted his head and bounded down the steps.
Gabe gestured with his head, this time toward the engineless body of an old pickup that lay almost hidden among the trees on the hillside behind the chicken coop.
A place where any and all off-duty lawmen were welcome to sit on the tailgates of pickup trucks, drink beer, eat fajitas and shoot the breeze.
He leaned closer, bending over her, and she realized that he was leaning in through the door of a vehicle, a truck, a pickup truck, realized that she was on the floor, in the front passenger footwell, wedged in, and he was trying to get her out.
Lieutenant Glasser but the last two members of the team are with me in the pickup truck.