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    pick·up
    [ˈpikˌəp]
    noun
    pickup (noun) · pickups (plural noun) · pickup truck (noun) · pickup trucks (plural noun) · pick-up (noun) · pick-ups (plural noun)
    1. a small truck with an enclosed cab and open back.
    2. an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle:
      "travel by bus from your local pickup point to your hotel" · "curbside pickup"
    3. informal
      a casual encounter with someone, with a view to having sex:
      "most people met through casual pickups"
      • a person encountered with a view to having sex.
    4. an improvement in an economic indicator:
      "signs of a pickup in demand"
    5. a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change.
      • the cartridge of a record player, carrying the stylus.
      • a device on a musical instrument, particularly an electric guitar, that converts string vibrations into electrical signals for amplification.
    6. the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus:
      "this microphone helps reduce the pickup of background noise"
    7. music
      a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune.
    8. fishing
      a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in.
    adjective
    NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
    informal
    pickup (adjective) · pick-up (adjective)
    1. informal and spontaneous:
      "six players had started a full-court pickup basketball game"
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    noun
    1. a small truck with an enclosed cab and open back.
      pickup truck
      monster truck
      utility vehicle/truck
      bakkie
    2. an improvement in an economic indicator:
      improvement
      recovery
      revival
      upturn
      upswing
      rally
      comeback
      resurgence
      renewal
      reinvigoration
      advancement
      betterment
      a turn for the better
      Opposite:
      slump
      downturn
     
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