pickup

n 1: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a

tailboard [syn: {pickup truck}]

2: (informal) a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out

a pickup on that man"

3: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup

that coffee always gave her" [syn: {pick-me-up}]

4: a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual

relationships

5: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his

car has a lot of pickup" [syn: {getaway}]

6: light balanced arm that carries the cartridge [syn: {tone

arm}, {pickup arm}]

7: the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle

and that is removable [syn: {cartridge}]

8: the act or process of picking up or collecting from various

places: "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"

9: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight