a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
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a warrant to take someone into custody
<noun.communication> put out a pickup on that man
anything with restorative powers
<noun.artifact> she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her
a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual relationships
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the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
<noun.attribute> his car has a lot of pickup
mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
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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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the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
<noun.act> garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays
the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
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Pickup \Pick"up\, or Pick-up \Pick"-up`\, n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same as {Brush} b. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. 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. [PJC]
5. (Automobiles) acceleration; a measure of the ability of a vehicle to accelerate. [PJC]
6. (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. [PJC]
7. (Electronics) the conversion of sound or light into electrical signals in a sound or image recording or transmitting device. [PJC]
8. (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}. [PJC]
9. a hitchhiker who has been picked up. [PJC]
United Parcel Service has announced it will match the delivery and pickup times of overnight delivery competitor Federal Express Corp.
Some skeptics believe any late-year economic pickup may have been influenced by tax-law changes.
The four fatalities were all inside the pickup truck that smashed into the rear of the tanker, Stone said.
He monitors his CB from the front seat of his pickup, looking for souls to save on a chilly Saturday night.
The attack occurred Monday in a remote area of Zelaya province, 250 miles northeast of Managua, as Sister Courtney and three other church workers drove in a church pickup truck from the town of Rosita to Puerto Cabezas.
A third person was believed to have been in the pickup but had not been found, police said.
Also, he said, there has been little pickup in demand from Europe, the U.S. and the Far East.
Authorities say the youths planned to steal money, weapons and a pickup truck and escape to a place where they could live off the land.
Ohio - One of the best Republican hopes for a gubernatorial pickup is this contest between Republican George Voinovich and Democrat Tony Celebrezze to succeed Democratic Gov. Richard Celeste.
Initially the plant only built light pickup trucks.
Garbage pickup service has been stopped since January in Al Essawieh and other Arab villages because residents stoned municipal trucks.
Cerron and Tapia were kidnapped 10 days ago by six heavily-armed men who stopped the pickup truck in which the two were travelling.
Incidentally, if you should notice an elderly gent wheeling around Muskogee in a blue pickup with a big yellow palomino horse for a hood ornament, that will be Wilbur Wright's brother, Orville.
One person died in the capital when an extremely overcrowded pickup truck overturned.
A condominium owner who lost a legal war to keep his pickup truck in front of his home now parks a make-believe tank, complete with fake machine gun, outside.
Hyundai expects its global auto exports to rise to 230,000 cars this year because of a pickup in sales in Europe, including East-bloc countries which are emrging as new markets for Korea.
Each time, the burglars have targeted Connaghan's valuable shop tools. The warehouse also has housed vehicle parts, pickup camper shells and acetylene torches.
James Wilbur of Smith Barney notes that Du Pont's fibers unit is already showing a pickup in orders.
Mr. O'Neill expects a seasonal pickup in demand to support precious metals prices for the next few weeks, but added that the long-term outlook is still negative.
On Sunday mornings, groups of soccer players gather for pickup games on the green expanse in front of the Reichstag, where Hitler once addressed throngs of supporters.
A recent pickup in hog slaughters suggests last spring's unusually large pig crop is beginning to come to market at least two weeks later than expected, analysts said.
Mr. Yardeni is optimistic about housing's future, however. Lower rates have led to a surge in refinancing, he notes, and probably "some pickup in actual purchases and construction of new housing" as well.
A lone pickup truck rolls into the floodlights, and the three men in the cab look glassy-eyed with fear.
The central bank is worrying about the weak dollar, fast money growth and a possible pickup in inflation.
Small pickup trucks generally had the lowest theft rate; theft losses for large utility vehicles increased.
It is unclear whether the construction industry will show a marked pickup as a result of interest-rate cuts.
Behind the stalled cycle and its lost load, a jacked-up pickup truck impatiently issues a puff of smoke.
Ford plans to build a compact pickup in the U.S. for Mazda, Ford's Japanese partner, starting in 1993.
The crash occurred when a pickup truck traveling the wrong way slammed into a bus carrying a church youth group home from an outing late Saturday.
Jury selection began today for the trial of a man charged with 27 counts of murder in the nation's deadliest drunken driving accident, the 1988 crash of a wrong-way pickup truck and a church bus.