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noun. pick· up ˈpik-ˌəp. pluralpickups. Synonyms of pickup. 1. : one that is picked up: such as. a. : a hitchhiker who is given a ride. b. : a temporary chance acquaintance. c. : a player acquired from another team. 2. : the act or process of picking up: such as. a. : a revival of business activity. b. : acceleration. c.
to lift someone or something using your hands: If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle. I picked up the kids ' clothes that were lying on the floor. I went to pick up the phone / receiver, but it had stopped ringing. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
PICKUP definition: 1. the act of picking someone or something up, or the place where it happens: 2. a person who is…. Learn more.
A pick-up takes place when someone picks up a person or thing that is waiting to be collected. The company had pick-up points in most cities. Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
Pickup definition: an improvement, as in health, business conditions, work, production, etc.. See examples of PICKUP used in a sentence.
verb. gather or collect. “She picked up the children at the day care center”. “They pick up our trash twice a week”. synonyms: call for, collect, gather up. see more. verb. buy casually or spontaneously. “I picked up some food for a snack”.
Definitions of pickup. noun. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places. “garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays” see more. noun. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight. see more. noun. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration. “his car has a lot of pickup ” synonyms: getaway. see more. noun.
pick·up. (pĭk′ŭp′) n. 1. a. The act or process of picking up: the pickup and delivery of farm produce. b. Sports The act of striking or fielding a ball after it has touched the ground: a good pickup and throw from third base. c. Capacity for acceleration: a sports car with good pickup. d.
When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car. She was going over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar.
[countable] the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals. [uncountable] (North American English) a vehicle’s ability to accelerate (= increase in speed) See pickup in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: pickup.
