[ˈpɪkʌp], (Noun)

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- a small van or truck with low sides

- an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle
(e.g: travel by coach from your local pickup point to your hotel)

- a casual encounter with a stranger with a view to having sex
(e.g: most people met through casual pickups)

- an improvement, especially in an economy
(e.g: a pickup in demand)

- a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change

- the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus
(e.g: this microphone helps reduce the pickup of background noise)

- a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune

- a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in


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[ˈpɪkʌp], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- informal and spontaneous
(e.g: a pickup basketball game)


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