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pick-up
noun
- Also calledpick-up armtone arm the light balanced arm of a record player that carries the wires from the cartridge to the preamplifier
- an electromagnetic transducer that converts the vibrations of the steel strings of an electric guitar or other amplified instrument into electric signals
- another name for cartridge
- Also calledpick-up truck a small truck with an open body and low sides, used for light deliveries
- informal.an ability to accelerate rapidly
this car has good pick-up
- informal.a casual acquaintance, usually one made with sexual intentions
- informal.
- a stop to collect passengers, goods, etc
- the people or things collected
- slang.a free ride in a motor vehicle
- informal.an improvement
- slang.a pick-me-up
adjective
- organized, arranged, or assembled hastily and without planning
pick-up games
a pick-up band
verb
- tr to gather up in the hand or hands
- tr to acquire, obtain, or purchase casually, incidentally, etc
- tr to catch (a disease)
she picked up a bad cold during the weekend
- intr to improve in health, condition, activity, etc
the market began to pick up
- reflexive to raise (oneself) after a fall or setback
- tr to notice or sense
she picked up a change in his attitude
- to resume where one left off; return to
we'll pick up after lunch
they picked up the discussion
- tr to learn gradually or as one goes along
- tr to take responsibility for paying (a bill)
he picked up the bill for dinner
- informal.tr to reprimand
he picked her up on her table manners
- tr to collect or give a lift to (passengers, hitchhikers, goods, etc)
- informal.tr to become acquainted with, esp with a view to having sexual relations
- informal.tr to arrest
- to increase (speed)
the cars picked up down the straight
- tr to receive (electrical signals, a radio signal, sounds, etc), as for transmission or amplification
- pick up the piecesto restore a situation to normality after a crisis or collapse
Example Sentences
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is campaigning in South Yorkshire, where Labour is hoping to hold on to the Doncaster mayoralty and pick up more seats on the council which it already runs.
His suspension for picking up a cheap yellow card in the victory over Real Madrid in the Bernabeu meant Arteta had to rejig his midfield.
“Individuals who have not yet picked up their phones will be notified and can make an appointment with our Property Unit to do so.”
Clothes, school uniforms, books, shoes, toys, and kitchenware are among the items people pick up for free or a low cost at the Honesty Jar in the Grassroots Garden Centre in Henstridge, Somerset.
She still can’t explain why she picked up and then listened to a cold-caller’s pitch that sounded a lot like a scam.
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